Chasing Glory Recap w/ Mojo Rawley – Joining the Performance Center, Current Frustrations in WWE, Tagging With Zack Ryder, More!

He wasn’t drafted to the NFL but was brought into training camp by the Green Bay Packers and got an NFL contract. He played real well in the preseason but was still released before the start of the regular season. He received a call from the Arizona Cardinals and joined their team the following season where he played well. Just as he was about to get going in his NFL career he tore his quad and that basically ended his NFL career.
Rawley notes that he’s been guilty of over-working at some points in his career, and he feels like that may have played a part in his torn quad. Even nowadays he needs to check himself when he’s on the road with WWE. Sometimes he feels the urge to go to the gym at 12 AM without any sleep, but he knows now that career longevity is more important than breaking weightlifting records.

Rawley informs that being a WWE Superstar is the first thing he ever wanted to do as a kid. He would watch WWE every week with his father and his brother, and he only chose to pursue Football because he couldn’t take University classes to become a WWE Superstar. After seeing an opportunity to tryout for WWE, he jumped at it and the rest is history.
Rawley got a developmental contract and began working at the Performance Center. He had no idea what he was getting into, noting that some trainees looked down at him for some of the opportunities he was being given. He understood their frustrations, but he didn’t appreciate it because he was working very hard and being very respectful. He gave up 6 figures/year on Wall Street to go to the Performance Center and make $39,000/year. He had $150,000 in college debt at the time and was losing $1,000/month when he first got there.