Jesse “The Body” Ventura appeared backstage at an episode of RAW in St. Paul, Minnesota in July. This was his first appearance on WWE TV in 14 years.
You can watch it below:
Welcome home, Jesse Ventura.
Honored to have one of the all-time greats back to #WWERaw tonight. pic.twitter.com/X2ZjfpvEpm
— Triple H (@TripleH) July 29, 2024
During a new interview with Chris Van Vliet, Ventura revealed that he is about to sign a WWE Legends contract:
“My relationship with them now has much improved. We are on the verge right now. I can say this: contracts have been written, contracts have been agreed upon. All it requires is two signatures, one from them and one from me, and I will be back with the Legends (contract).”
When he was asked when that will be official, Ventura replied:
“Fairly quickly… because time is money.”
When asked if Vince McMahon’s departure from the company played a role in his return, he said:
“Yeah, very much. I think that they’re very much more since they merged with the Ultimate Fighting (Championship), and they’re under that one roof now. They’re very much more mainstream corporate that you can deal with better because they’re more open.
It isn’t having the tie into the old days of wrestling, for lack of better term ‘slavery’. Because in the old days of wrestling, you truly were slaves. And I don’t know, I got a great compliment I heard the other day: Barry Bloom, my former agent, the one I introduced to Vince.
I was the first wrestler that made Vince deal with an agent, and I heard Barry was on a podcast and said that ‘all these contracts these guys are getting today, they owe Jesse Ventura a thank you, because if it weren’t for him, they wouldn’t be getting them’.”
Before his appearance on RAW in July, Jesse last appeared on a WWE show in 2010, when he served as the RAW guest host.
During that appearance, he and McMahon provided commentary for an 8-man Battle Royal, marking the first time they worked together at the announce table since Ventura left the WWF in 1990.
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