Hornswoggle Recalls Initially Joining WWE, Reaction To Being Signed

Hornswoggle recently looked back at his initially joining WWE in 2006 and how it came about. The WWE alumnus appeared on Road Dogg’s Oh… You Didn’t Know podcast and you can check out a couple of highlights below, courtesy of Wrestling Inc:

On being brought in to the company: “WWE was looking for a midget. They were trying out midgets to be Finlay’s leprechaun and it just wasn’t happening. Then Ken [Mr. Kennedy] said to Fit [Finlay], he goes, ‘Hey, I got the guy. He’s good-hearted, he’s a good kid, he can take bumps.’ They tried me out in Green Bay actually. There was a Smackdown taping in Green Bay, they pulled me in the promo room to do promos with Fit, asked me to do an Irish accent I failed miserably.”

On signing with WWE: “I describe it as a full out zero to hero transition. 19 turning 20. I was 19, I got hired three days before my 20th birthday, and I started on the road that week.”