Rick Boogs has revealed that he saw his WWE release coming after being brought back to television with his signature guitar stripped from his character and no clear direction for where things were going.
Speaking on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Boogs described the moment he realized things were not going to work out when he returned to WWE programming.
“When I was brought back, you know, the day of TV, I don’t know if people like, oh, where’s this guitar. I didn’t know that either until the day of. I had a double guitar. I was like, this give me the sickest return ever, double guitar, like freaking Jimmy Page. But this one was way more heavy metal and stuff. I was like, this thing’s gonna be so sick. And then that was stripped. And I’m like, oh, well, where’s, what’s my gimmick? No, because that was my gimmick. So then after that, it’s just like, well, back to square one on the day of TV,” Boogs said.
He also described a brief moment of excitement when a partnership with LA Knight was discussed before it went nowhere.
“Ellie Knight with Boogalicious Nights, man, that would have been freaking awesome. When I heard about that, I’m like, yes brother, we’re gonna kill this. So that was the Internet. I was just like, dude, this is the greatest entertainment WWE’s ever seen. He’s great. I love him. He was one of the guys I connected with the most in the locker room,” Boogs said.
On whether he saw the release itself coming, Boogs was honest.
“Absolutely. I was like, I’m very competitive, and that was very hard for me with WWE. And people would always tell me too, it’s like, man, why don’t you just let loose and just met all people? Because I can’t, I’ll get fired if I do that. And I ended up getting fired anyway, so I should have just done it,” Boogs said.
If you use any portion of the quotes from this article, please credit Insight with Chris Van Vliet with a h/t to WrestlingNews.co for the transcription.
