Barrett points out that he gave up years of his personal life in order to work for WWE. The WWE lifestyle and schedule isn’t easy, and when you start to feel like you’ve hit a dead end creatively it becomes harder and harder to continue working there. Ryback says he respected Barrett’s decision to leave at that time, and that gave him some confidence to eventually leave the company as well.
Barrett continues by saying that when you’re working for WWE you simply don’t have time to pursue other opportunities. He knew there were other opportunities out there for him, and WWE even denied him the chance to pursue a couple of those opportunities while he was still under contract with them. He just had to find the courage to leave WWE.
He points out that career diversity is important to him now. He’s acting in movies, hosting a Netflix show that will debut on August 31, and is doing commentary for a wrestling promotion in the United Kingdom as well.
That sums up this week’s episode of Conversation With the Big Guy. You can listen to the show yourself anytime here, and I’ll catch ya next week for another recap!
