WWE SmackDown Star and New Day member Xavier Woods made an appearance on INSIGHT with Chris Van Vliet to talk about a number of topics such as how he was rejected and made fun of by WWE the first time he sent his stuff to the company as well as how was told that he wasn't the type they we’re looking for, but he can try again in a few years.
Xavier Woods also talked about being lucky to get a job in TNA Wrestling 6 months before he graduated and sending his stuff to the WWE once again as soon as his run in TNA ended, which led to him getting a tryout with the WWE and his career kind of taking off from there.
Xavier Woods said:
“When I sent my stuff the first time, I sent a full resume, cover letter, all that stuff, and got made fun of by a bunch of people. It’s like, is this not a job? This is what I was taught. It’s a profession. I’m supposed to come to you and speak to you respectfully and show you where I’ve worked before and what I’ve done and why I should be working here. I don’t understand why I’m getting made fun of, but I did that and brought stuff to them. WWE was the only group that sent me a letter back. I sent them to indies all across the place and overseas and WWE was the first place to send me one. They just told me at this time, you’re not the type that we’re looking for. We’re looking for guys over six feet tall, but try again in a few years.”
“I got lucky enough to get a job at TNA like six months before I graduated college. Once my run ended there, I sent my stuff to WWE again, and luckily, like they said, they remembered me sending in the resume last time because nobody had ever brought resumes. They would just send tapes or DVDs. Remember LightScribe DVDs? I took my eight by 10 and LightScribed it on the DVD with my name, my phone number, my contact, and all that stuff. If you wanted to contact me, you could have because it was all over that folder. They said they remembered that and then the fact that I went somewhere else to try to get some more experience. They appreciated that. I got the tryout and then it just kind of kind of went from there.”
You can check out Xavier Woods' full comments at this link. H/T to WrestlingNews.co for transcribing the above quotes.
