During a recent interview with The New York Post, Jesse Ventura commented on returning to WWE as a broadcaster for Saturday Night’s Main Event, how his son helped broker a new Legends deal with WWE, and more.
You can check out some highlights from the interview below:
On his son Tyrel brokering the deal with WWE: “He’s very qualified for it. He used to be Sean Penn’s assistant, so he has experience. My son was a fan of wrestling and a fan of myself growing up, so he took it upon himself to make some contact with the new ownership and they started talking. One thing led to another, and I realized they were under new ownership and I wasn’t going to be held to the old standard of why I got kicked out before. Lo and behold it happened. I’ll tell you this: I did it selfishly for my kids. I’m 73 now. I ain’t gonna be around forever. I want to position it where if anybody makes money off my name, I want my kids to have a piece of it.”
On having him return to the broadcast booth for Saturday Night’s Main Event: “With Saturday Night’s Main Event coming back after 40 years, somebody said, ‘We need Jesse for this,’ because we had already negotiated the Legends deal, it wasn’t a big deal to negotiate this. The ice had been broken and now hell has frozen over.”
On wanting his kids to be able to make money off of his name: “My son was a fan of wrestling and a fan of myself growing up, so he took it upon himself to make some contact with the new ownership and they started talking. One thing led to another, and I realized they were under new ownership and I wasn’t going to be held to the old standard of why I got kicked out before. Lo and behold it happened. I’ll tell you this: I did it selfishly for my kids. I’m 73 now. I ain’t gonna be around forever. I want to position it where if anybody makes money off my name, I want my kids to have a piece of it.”
On starting a cannabis business: “The reason being is this: My wife was stricken with seizures. Cannabis is the only thing that stopped them.”
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