WWE has launched a new ID program, providing significant support for independent talent who are eager to advance their careers, as informed by celebrity Booker T.
The company recently announced the WWE ID, a program designed to streamline the path to success for signed talents.
During a recent episode of his podcast “Hall of Fame,” Booker T expressed his excitement for the initiative. He stated,
“A lot of these independent guys right now, they got a booking on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in three different places, and they’re just going all over the place. Nobody is seeing them, there’s no cameras rolling, there’s not a guy in the back, a veteran, an OG, that can tell them, ‘Hey man, you might need to work on this.’ Because a lot of those promoters just don’t know because they have never been there.”
He continued, “No disrespect or anything like that. But I think having a program like this, being able to be mentored, guided on a full-time basis…I would think it would be only beneficial to somebody that’s seriously thinking about working at that next level. Now, if they just want to do independent wrestling, they just want to do backyard wrestling, they just want to play wrestler, there’s a lot of places to do that.”
“But a program like this ID program, it’s gonna be for the elite guys and girls out there that want to partake on this journey.”
Among the WWE ID partners announced are Booker T’s Reality of Wrestling, Seth Rollins’ Black & Brave Academy, and Cody Rhodes’ Nightmare Factory.
The Reality of Wrestling event this week will reveal the first WWE ID signing. Zilla Fatu hinted that he’ll be the signee in a tweet, which has since been taken down.