Jimmy Smith Accidentally Found Out He Was Being Let Go Prior To 10/3 Monday Night RAW
Jimmy Smith accidentally found out he was being let go prior to going on the air for this week’s episode of Monday Night RAW.
Speaking on his Unlocking The Cage podcast, Smith revealed that he pieced together he was getting fired on Monday before WWE Raw after a conversation with Triple H.
“Triple H accidentally told me before the show on Monday. He screwed up and told me. He didn’t mean to. What happened was, I was doing my prep for the show, and we had a production meeting. On-air, Seth Rollins had cut a promo saying, ‘DC [Daniel Cormier] hates Riddle just as much as I do.’ Everybody in the production meeting turns to me and goes, ‘What did he mean? Do they have some kind of personal problem?’ I’m the MMA guy, right. I said, ‘Well, Riddle has been critical of fighter pay, UFC, and Daniel Cormier is considered kind of a company guy. That could be what he’s talking about.’ Before the show, I go up to Riddle and say, ‘Do you and DC have any beef?’ ‘No, we’re cool, he might be upset that I out-wrestled Jon Jones and he couldn’t.’ Riddle took first place at state, and whatever place Jon Jones was, he beat Jon Jones at wrestling twice in New York. ‘He may be mad I out-wrestled Jon Jones twice.’ ‘That’s a good line, I’m gonna use that.’ I go to Triple H and go, ‘I just talked to Riddle and he gave me this line about how he out-wrestled Jon Jones.’ Triple H goes, ‘Okay, cool, give that note to (Michael) Cole.’ I went…why would I have to give that note to Cole…I’m calling the match on Saturday. Oh, I’m not calling the match on Saturday. Oh, I’m probably fired. In about two seconds my brain went, ‘That’s weird…oookay.’ I knew, basically the whole show Monday night that I wasn’t coming back. When I got the call Tuesday, I wasn’t surprised,”
Jimmy Smith on Unlocking The Cage
Before Smith joined WWE, he served as a commentator for UFC, Bellator MMA, and other MMA promotions.
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