Ex-WWE Star Claims Mark Carano Attempted to Force Himself on His Wife Before Targeting His Career

Former WWE star Eugene has come forward with shocking claims about his time at WWE’s Performance Center, revealing that someone in WWE’s corporate office attempted to sabotage his job opportunity.

In a new YouTube video, Eugene detailed his journey from indie wrestling and personal training to being offered a coaching job at WWE, only to be blindsided by a bizarre accusation that he planned to sue the company.

Eugene explained that in July 2012, he was living in Southern Indiana, wrestling on the independent scene while working as a personal trainer when he got a call from John Laurinaitis (Johnny Ace). WWE wanted him to come to WWE Headquarters to film a Stand Up for WWE video in support of Linda McMahon’s Senate campaign.

“Linda’s Senate opposition said that WWE puts a mentally disabled character named Eugene’s head in the toilet. I mean, Eugene’s head did go in a toilet, and Vince poured green paint on me, and I cried—it was a very emotional, great role for me. But to have the Senate opposition say that a mentally handicapped person gets their head put in the toilet isn’t exactly what happened. Because we didn’t define Eugene as a mentally handicapped person—Eugene was just special.”

Eugene claims that Linda’s political opposition even reached out to him for a statement, but he refused to speak with them.

“They wanted a statement, but I hung up on them. Not that I supported Linda in her political views, but I supported WWE, and I wasn’t going to say one bad thing about them. Because my experience was not bad—although I had been fired three times.”

Eugene flew to Connecticut, where he was greeted by a limo and taken to WWE Headquarters. While he expected to film his segment and leave, he was caught off guard when he walked into a room and saw Triple H.

“Triple H really didn’t make me nervous—I just didn’t expect to see him. He stood up right away, shook hands, hugged me. ‘Oh, this is what we’re going to do. We’re going to do this video.’”

After filming for nearly three hours, Triple H invited Eugene to lunch, where they had a private conversation.

“Triple H goes, ‘Hey, are you hungry?’ I was not going to turn down free food, so I was like, ‘Sure.’ So, we sat down at the little kitchenette area, and he sent someone to get us lunch.”

During lunch, Triple H asked him several questions about his wrestling contracts.

“He asked me if I had a contract with OVW. I told him it wasn’t really a contract, just a handshake deal with Danny Davis that I’d wrestle for him forever. Then he asked me if I was signed with TNA, which I was not.”

Eugene ordered a Reuben sandwich, while Triple H had two baked salmon with salad, vegetables, and rice.

“I feel like I’m scarfing down all this grease and calories while he’s eating salad and vegetables and rice.”

In May 2013, Eugene was invited to Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) for a guest coaching position. He recalled being so broke that he only had $20 to his name and had to budget his food.

“I was going to be there for an entire week. WWE provided me with a car and a hotel room, but I had to put gas back in the car before returning it. I didn’t know if my $20 was going to go to gas or food. I was eating Taco Bell because they still had a dollar menu—potato soft tacos were 99 cents. I was hoping not to spend the entire $20.”

In June 2013, WWE reached out to offer him a full-time coaching job at FCW, with Canyon Ceman telling him he was on a shortlist of one.

“That really made me feel great—that Triple H was taking over developmental, and I thought everything was just going to be great.”

But then, he received a shocking email from Canyon Ceman at 2:37 PM.

“It was titled ‘A statement and a question,’ and the question was one that would catch you off guard. It read: ‘Someone said this sentence to me today: ‘Oh, Nick will for sure sue us before or after this is done.’ And it was a corporate person, not a coach. Can you reassure me that whether this coaching experiment goes well or poorly that this is not going to go down that road?'”

Eugene was blindsided and spent hours debating how to respond before finally emailing back at 9:25 PM.

“Yes, that statement did catch me off guard. I cannot imagine any reason why anyone would say that about me. I’ve never had any interest in suing the company. I’ve never slammed, put down, or talked bad about WWE in any interview, Facebook post, or tweet. I have no resentment toward the company. I’ve always been very loyal.”

He recalled how former WWE talents once tried to organize a lawsuit against the company, but he never considered joining.

“A few years back, there was a group of former WWE wrestlers attempting to band together former talent to bring a lawsuit. I had no interest and didn’t even listen to what they had to say.”

Eugene racked his brain trying to figure out who in the corporate office had said this about him. Then, it clicked—he was convinced it was Mark Carano, and he had a disturbing reason why.

He took the story back to 2008, when he attended an OVW show at Six Flags in Louisville, Kentucky. After the event, a group, including his future wife Stephanie and Mark Carano, went out to eat at Lone Star Steakhouse.

“Carano had a few drinks, and all night, he kept telling Stephanie how pretty she was.”

Later that night, Stephanie went to the women’s restroom, and Eugene noticed Carano was missing.

“I went over to the women’s restroom and pushed the door open a little bit—it didn’t move. I pushed harder, and Carano was inside. Stephanie was against the wall. He had his foot and hand against the door trying to hold it, reaching over, saying ‘Kiss me, kiss me.’”

Eugene barged in, and Carano immediately fled.

“I feel like that is some kind of—maybe not sexual assault—but attempted sexual assault. Because the fact was, it really scarred her and hurt her.”

Years later, when he got the email about WWE fearing he would sue, he knew Carano was behind it.

“I knew that was why Carano was the one in the office who told Canyon Ceman that I would eventually sue WWE.”

Despite everything, Eugene’s contract was eventually signed, making him an official coach at WWE’s Performance Center. However, he wouldn’t come face-to-face with Mark Carano again until WrestleMania 30—a moment he teased for his next video.

What do you think about Eugene’s claims? Did WWE’s corporate team try to sabotage him? Drop your thoughts below!