Before going to AEW, RJ City worked for WWE from 2020-2021, making digital content for the company as a host and interviewer.
He participated in PLE watch-alongs and even hosted “WrestleMania After Dark with RJ City,” which premiered on WWE’s YouTube channel after WrestleMania 37 in 2021. He was also a personality on The Bump and had a recurring segment called Wednesday Morning Wake-Up
While appearing on Highspots for a Sign-it-Live session, City revealed that before WWE made cuts to the digital department in 2021, he was slated to host a SummerSlam After Dark that year with Fred Ottman (Tugboat), Shayna Baszler, and Asuka set to appear.
“We did a wonderful thing called WrestleMania After Dark. It was a comedy special. It’s on YouTube, it’s on Peacock for I don’t know how long, between night one and two of WrestleMania. The WrestleMania that rained and they all stalled. So, it aired then, they loved it. They’re like, ‘This is fantastic,’ and they said, ‘Let’s do another one.’ So we had planned and we had written SummerSlam After Dark and two weeks before we were going to begin production on it, they gutted the whole digital department. So these (notes R.J. drafted) are all the bits that were planned and submitted for SummerSlam After Dark, including a phone call with James Adomian as Jesse Ventura. I was gonna have Tugboat on the show. See what you missed out on? I was gonna have Shayna Baszler on. I was gonna have Asuka on the show and play my favorite game, ‘Is André the Giant hot?’ We just bring up a photo and we discuss.”
City joined AEW in 2023 as a writer, on-screen interviewer, and host of the pre-show panels for pay-per-view events alongside Renee Paquette. He also hosts his show, “Hey! (EW)” on AEW’s YouTube channel.
H/T to POST Wrestling for the transcription
