Mojo Rawley Recalls Vince McMahon Saying He Was One Of The Best Athletes In WWE
In an appearance on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, former WWE star Mojo Rawley talked about his wrestling career from NXT to his release from WWE this April. On the NXT front he detailed starting out in the opening matches of NXT and working there for a long time, something he thinks held him back.
“I came in with this personality and my football background,” Rawley said. “They were really high on me in the beginning, they just needed to teach me a few things and let his hype take care of the rest. I had my first match at a live event 7 weeks after my first day. It was very quick and some people backstage were not happy about that. But there were 7 people in the audience so who cares? They were like ‘this is our opener. Big babyface, gets the crowd hyped.’ They kept the matches basic because at the time in NXT, the opener was supposed to have a basic match, no false finishes, super generic. All the high spots were saved for the rest of the card.