Bronson Reed returned to WWE in December 2022, after being released in August 2021. He was approached by Triple H, who he had a good relationship with during his previous NXT stint.
Reed has been helping The Miz since returning to WWE RAW. He will now compete in the Elimination Chamber match for the WWE United States Championship this Saturday.
On the “After the Bell with Corey Graves” podcast, Reed revealed that the return began with a text message to Triple H, followed by a phone call.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On who contacted him about coming back to WWE: “It was Triple H that called me. I always had a great relationship with him, and at the time I was working with New Japan Pro-Wrestling and it looked like I could do one of two things: I could’ve signed on with them to stay longer or I could’ve came back to WWE. And I sent a text to Hunter just to see if he was interested and he was, so he set up a time to call me, he called me and we had a great chat about, about everything. Not just, not just coming back to WWE, but wrestling in general, what I’d been doing … It felt like, okay, this is the move I need to make.”
On what’s changed in him since his last WWE run: “I think now more than ever, I have the big chip on my shoulder. I did spend that little time away, and if anything, it’s just hardened me as a competitor.”