Former wrestlers usually find their way into backstage roles within the company following their retirement whether that be because of injury or otherwise. Jason Jordan, Jamie Noble and Tyson Kidd all have found themselves in this role, and now it appears another former WWE active wrestler has found that role also.
According to Fightful Select, Ariya Daivari was listed as a solo producer on WWE’s internal documents this past Monday. Ariya Daivari has been working as a producer on a trial basis for the past couple of weeks.
“It seems like some good news for Ariya Daivari, if internal WWE documents are to be believed. After a month of serving as a producer with the help of others backstage at WWE shows, Daivari was listed on internal rundowns for his first solo assignment this past Monday.”
“During the company’s Main Event taping, he was tasked with producing Akira Tozawa vs. Apollo Crews. Other documents had him listed to produce a nixed Otis vs. R-Truth match for the same taping, but we confirmed that was actually scheduled to be Shane Helms.”
“Usually during the trial basis, there is a veteran producer listed with someone getting the tryout. Joe Hennig, who also participated in the tryouts, was not listed on WWE Raw, but participated in the Smackdown tapings. Ariya Daivari was back to working with a veteran producer Friday.”
Fightful Select
Ariya Daivari signed with the WWE in 2016 and wrestled for the company for five years before his release in 2021. Now it appears he will join his older brother as a producer for the WWE.
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