On a recent edition of Road Dogg’s “Oh… You Didn’t Know” podcast, Hornswoggle recalled joining WWE in 2006 and how his signing came about.
Hornswoggle was released from his WWE contract on May 6, 2016.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On being brought in to the company: “WWE was looking for a midget. They were trying out midgets to be Finlay’s leprechaun and it just wasn’t happening. Then Ken [Mr. Kennedy] said to Fit [Finlay], he goes, ‘Hey, I got the guy. He’s good-hearted, he’s a good kid, he can take bumps.’ They tried me out in Green Bay actually. There was a SmackDown taping in Green Bay, they pulled me in the promo room to do promos with Fit, asked me to do an Irish accent I failed miserably.”
On signing with WWE: “I describe it as a full-out zero to hero transition. 19 turning 20. I was 19, I got hired three days before my 20th birthday, and I started on the road that week.”
