Rick Boogs reveals his original WWE creative plans before his release.
Former WWE Superstar Rick Boogs was a recent guest on the INSIGHT with Chris Van Vliet podcast. During the conversation, Vliet put over his current role as The Bull in American Gladiators, saying that his physical profile and strength make him a perfect fit for the show, where the goal is pure dominance.
Rick Boogs responded that WWE doesn’t work that way. When people asked him why he didn’t just “ragdoll” his opponents, he explained that he held back to avoid getting fired. However, he ended up getting released anyway.
“The funny thing is, I’m very competitive. Well, that was the thing with WWE. That was very hard for me. I get there’s definitely a competitive nature, of course, this is just an incredible art form of pro wrestling. But people would always tell me too, ‘Man, why don’t you just let loose and ragdoll people?’ Because I can’t. I’ll get fired if I do that, and I ended up getting fired anyway, so I should have just done it.” Rick Boogs said.
When asked if he saw it coming, Rick Boogs said, “Getting fired? Absolutely.” He then explained that it all started when WWE changed his gimmick by stripping him of his signature guitar upon his return from injury in 2023. “Well, all right. I mean, I can only speak from [my perspective], nothing factual, we’ll just put that out first. But when I was brought back, the day of TV, people were like, ‘Where’s his guitar? Where’s all this?’ Brother, I didn’t know that either, until the day of. I had a double guitar! I was like, This is gonna be the sickest return ever. Double, like freaking Jimmy Page.
WWE planned for a partnership between Rick Boogs and LA Knight
“But this one was way more heavy metal and stuff. I was like, this thing’s gonna be so sick. Then that was stripped and I’m like, well what’s my gimmick? Because that was my gimmick. It was cut a promo on the mic, rip a little tune, because I had my own theme song, but I made sure to learn that sucker. Because I’m like, I’m just gonna play that little diddly on the guitar when I go to the ring and stuff,” Rick Boogs said.
Rick Boogs then revealed that after WWE changed his gimmick, he was excited for a partnership with LA Knight. However, it didn’t materialize.
“So then after that, it’s just like, alright, well, back to square one on the day of TV. I mean, where do you want to go? LA Knight, Boogalicious Knights. Man, that would be freaking awesome.” When asked if he meant a partnership with Knight, Rick Boogs said, “Well, for that little bit. But then when we did the filming it’s like, ‘All right, he’s gonna eat the pin, then you’re gonna beat him up afterwards, and then the next match, you’re gonna eat the pin again.’ Where does it go then? It’s done? Oh ok.”
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