Jeff Cobb Comments On Speaking To WWE Before The Pandemic
Jeff Cobb was a current visitor of The Ten Count with Steve Fall podcast, and he discussed nearly signing with WWE in 2020. Cobb was a possibility with WWE as early as 2014, trying for the developmental NXT brand name.
You can take a look at some highlights from the podcast listed below:
Having his very first WWE tryout in 2014: “Originally, my very first tryout I ever had remained in 2014. At that minute, or at that time, 6 of us got pulled to the side. We did some interviews, took some images, and after that it changed in a number of days approximately, like, ‘‘ We do not desire anyone over 30.’ At that time, NXT wasn’t as big as it ultimately ended up being. I think they simply signed Kevin Owens at the time. They had all this increase of indie men can be found in, or larger name indie people, so they resembled, ‘‘ Okay, well, we do not desire anyone over 30, however then we make exceptions to the guidelines about this.’ A month later on, there’s reports like, ‘‘ Okay, we do not desire anymore independent men due to the fact that we have a lot of,’ or whatever. It alters and that’s absolutely great. Due to the fact that it’s their service design and it’s what they desire to do with their business, I can’t be disturbed about that. I didn’t hear from them for a long time.”
Having talks with WWE once again in 2020: “Just so took place right prior to the pandemic of 2020, William Regal would call me. Brian Kendrick would call me and state, ‘‘ Is it cool to pass your number to Canyon Ceman?’ I’m constantly open up to speak to individuals, captivate talks, or whatever. When New Japan and I were figuring out an agreement, this was in fact around the time. At the exact same time AEW used me an agreement, too.”
Why he didn’t wind up finalizing at the time: “At the end of the day, I can make a terrific living, remaining in Japan and doing a couple looks occasionally. It might not be WWE, The Rock cash, however I’m an extremely low upkeep type of man, so I do not require millions and countless dollars. You understand, individuals are like, you understand, you’re foolish for not taking it. A couple of months after a lot of discussions with Canyon Ceman is when he got fired, and an entire, I do not wish to state, discarding of the lineup occurred. Recalling, I believe I made a great option due to the fact that if I went there, 6 months later on, I might have been launched and after that go crawling back to another business for a task.”