{"id":154187,"date":"2024-07-10T10:00:31","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T15:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=154187"},"modified":"2024-07-10T09:41:59","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T14:41:59","slug":"shelton-benjamin-on-being-surprised-by-his-wwe-release-whether-hes-had-talks-about-being-a-producer-whether-he-would-return-to-wwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2024\/07\/10\/shelton-benjamin-on-being-surprised-by-his-wwe-release-whether-hes-had-talks-about-being-a-producer-whether-he-would-return-to-wwe\/","title":{"rendered":"Shelton Benjamin on being surprised by his WWE release, whether he&#8217;s had talks about being a producer, whether he would return to WWE"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-715983725\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Jason Powell<\/b>, ProWrestling.net Editor (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prowrestlingnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@prowrestlingnet<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><b>Insight With Chris Van Vliet with guest Shelton Benjamin<br \/>\nHost: Chris Van Vliet<br \/>\nPodcast available via <a href=\"https:\/\/podcast.chrisvanvliet.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Podcasts.Apple.com<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lLNe-Dzvbww?si=ZBfDHSIayquYZlig\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>On the WWE release being a surprise:<\/b> &#8220;Yes and no. Yes, because I don\u2019t think, I know there was more for me to do there. There were more opportunities there and I\u2019m more surprised that they chose not to take advantage of those opportunities. But I also knew that if they weren\u2019t going to do anything then it\u2019s just a matter of time. We got a lot of talent there, a lot of rotation, I\u2019ve been there for a long time. I understand it\u2019s a business. So yeah, it sucks for me but at the end of the day, it\u2019s a business.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>Were there any talks of being a producer:<\/b> &#8220;There was talk of me possibly becoming a trainer at some point. I don\u2019t think that door has closed, I just haven\u2019t pursued it yet. [You still want to wrestle?] Yes, I love training people, I love teaching, and that comes from my amateur wrestling background. But at this point I still think a little selfishly, I feel like I have a few more things that I\u2019d like to accomplish. So while yes, I definitely am interested. I have to put aside my own ambitions to really be able to do that job correctly. And right now, at least today, I\u2019m not ready to not think a little selfishly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>On a possible WWE return:<\/b> &#8220;I would definitely consider it. Like I said, it\u2019s the biggest game in town. So because I\u2019ve worked there for so long, to answer your question, yes, I will go back if they offered me a position back and the right amount of money. Yes, of course, I will go back and I\u2019ve said it before, you\u2019d be a fool not to at least consider it. Because I look at pro wrestling as a business. I love it, but it\u2019s a business. So despite everything that\u2019s happened, despite people\u2019s opinion on creatively how they viewed me, it\u2019s still a business to me. I look at wrestling as a business. So I will make the best business decision, not personal decision.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>On not fighting for himself:<\/b> &#8220;No, I didn\u2019t [fight for myself]. Because I felt like my work should speak for itself and I didn\u2019t want to fight for myself. I knew what my strengths were I knew my weaknesses were and obviously I tried to work on them. But at the end of the day, it\u2019s like sometimes once you\u2019re typecasted or pigeonholed into one idea, no matter what you do they won\u2019t let you out of that. I know I used to get so much slack for my promo work and it\u2019s like yes, I was horrible at one time and then like I said, I improved. But while I improved, I still wasn\u2019t as flashy. I will say I\u2019m the anti-Cena because I believe in a wrestling match move-for-move, whatever, he can\u2019t hold a candle to me. But when it comes to mic skills I\u2019m at the shallow end of the gene pool. I just think what he brought to the table they valued more. Or even my look, I was in the land of giants and when you got a guy like Brock, it\u2019s really hard to stand out when standing next to Brock and Batista. So while I always had a great physique and things like that. Again, you got these monsters around you, because it\u2019s also visual, our audience is visual. So, I don\u2019t want to call them shortcomings because they weren\u2019t shortcomings. It\u2019s just a matter of what the company valued at the time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>On how much longer he intends to wrestle:<\/b> &#8220;I\u2019m pretty sure I could do two [years] easy, five depending on the schedule. But I also don\u2019t want to overstay my welcome. I\u2019ve been doing this a long time. Again, there\u2019s going to come a time I have to stop thinking selfishly and look at things like as far as the wrestling business goes, where am I a bigger benefit, in the ring or behind the scenes? Right now I still feel like I can be a huge contributor in the ring. Definitely can still be behind the scenes, but again, this has to be in the right place before I can do that. And that\u2019s definitely coming. I will say that\u2019s definitely on the horizon. 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