Former WWE Star and current AEW Star Cash Wheeler, who is one-half of FTR and a part of The Pinnacle, recently appeared on "The Sessions with Renee Paquette" Podcast and talked about how WWE asked him if he would be willing to shave his head and how they did to him what they did to Serena Deeb, which was to have him dress like a member of the audience, put him in the front row and get noticed by CM Punk, then have him brought in the ring to get his head shaved to became a member of former WWE Star Punk's Straight Edge Society faction.
Cash Wheeler said:
“(WWE) reached out like, ‘Hey, how long is your hair?'” “I’m like, ‘Not that long, honestly. I just got it cut recently’. They’re like, ‘Okay, would you be willing to have it shaved?’ And I was like, ‘Uhh, yeah? When?’ ‘Tomorrow, in Carolina’. ‘Yeah, sure’.”
“So they want me to dress up like an extra like I’m in the crowd.” “They put me front row, (Punk) comes out. Him and Gallows do their thing and I jump up and down to try and get noticed, they come over and bring me into the ring and shave my head.”
Cash Wheeler also spoke about how CM Punk didn't even remember that he was a member of WWE's Straight Edge Society until he told him and sent him pictures.
Cash Wheeler said:
“I was like, ‘Oh man, I should tell Punk about this because I don’t think he remembers and I’ve never brought it up to him’.” “Finally, I just sent him the pictures…He’s like, ‘Why have you never told me about this?’ I was like, ‘The time was right, you know?’ So, yeah, I’m a member of the Straight Edge Society.”
Cash Wheeler then talked about how WWE has contacted him several times to work as an extra during the segments prior to signing with the company.
Cash Wheeler said:
“I was a paramedic for Mark Henry when he pulled the trucks.” “I was a cameraman when Mark Henry hit me with a chair, bag boy for Cody (Rhodes). Yeah, for Cody and Randy (Orton), I was the bag boy for their [Street Fight] match on SmackDown. It was a fantastic match. So like, for me, I love watching both those guys anyway, so getting to watch the match live – like, next to them, get to hear kind of how they’re putting it together before I had any sort of TV experience, I was like, ‘Woah, this is awesome.'”
You can check out Cash Wheeler's full comments at this link. H/T to Wrestling Inc. for transcribing the above quotes.
