Tony Hinchcliffe Claims He Once Turned Down WWE Writing Job Over Connecticut Commute

Tony Hinchcliffe, a familiar face to WWE fans in 2025, just revealed he was once offered a job as a WWE writer—but walked away from it because of where he would have had to live. Hinchcliffe discussed the opportunity during his appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience, where he sat in alongside John Cena before Cena’s retirement match on December 13.

Hinchcliffe recalled that the offer came during his early stand-up years in New York City, when he was working countless nights at the Comedy Store and constantly building material. He explained how someone connected him to WWE, which led to an unexpected pitch meeting. He explained that he came into the meeting with a full creative pitch ready to g

“Yeah it was only a couple years into me doing standup like seven nights a week at the comedy store all the time. Someone’s like ‘Hey, I have a friend in WWE if you want to have a meeting with them and just talk.’”

From there, Hinchcliffe said he took the meeting seriously and went deep into character ideas—including fictional returns and new scenarios for established names.

“I went in with straight up ideas, this that, The Undertaker’s brother comes back again, this, that, the next, everything back and forth. I can’t even remember any of them it’s been so long… But I went in with a whole thing.”

According to Hinchcliffe, the WWE executive he met with was stunned at how prepared he was. He then confirmed that WWE wanted to hire him—but the catch was relocating.

“This guy’s like ‘Where the hell did you? This is crazy, you just did this?’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, I found out a couple days ago we were going to talk.’ They offered it, but I would have had to move to Connecticut and take a train to New York every night to go do standup, and that would have just been exhausting.”

Hinchcliffe doubled down that the location—not the job—was the deal-breaker.

“…If it was anywhere else other than Connecticut, it kind of would have made sense, if it was in New York City it would have been a no brainer. If it was in LA, definitely.”

For fans, the idea that one of today’s most polarizing comedians could have been working behind the scenes creatively in WWE adds to his growing association with the company—especially after appearing on RAW commentary earlier this year and hosting the Roast of WrestleMania.