Rocky Romero almost had a WWE run during a memorable tournament from the company’s past.
During a recent Under The Ring interview, the decorated international pro wrestling star revealed that WWE offered to bring him in under a coaching role and talent gig during the Cruiserweight Classic Tournament in 2016.
“So they really wanted me for the Cruiserweight Classic, and I was in between, or about to be, in between contracts,” Romero recalled. “I think I was in between contracts [with New Japan], and we were renegotiating mine, and WWE was very interested,” said Rocky. “They wanted to offer me the Cruiserweight Classic, and then they wanted to offer me a coaching position, so I think if they didn’t offer me the coaching position and they just offered me the Cruiserweight Classic, then I probably, maybe would have waited a little bit longer to re-sign with New Japan, and I would have done that.”
Romero continued, “But them offering me the coaching position made me feel like they didn’t want me to wrestle so that it wasn’t maybe gonna go very far in the Cruiserweight so I decided to not take it and re-sign with New Japan.”
Check out the complete interview at Spotify.com. H/T to Fightful.com for transcribing the above quotes.
