Hornswoggle Discusses His WWE Release, His Friendship With Curt Hawkins, More

– Hornswoggle recently appeared on Jim Ross’ Podcast (transcript credit wrestlinginc.com), here are the highlights…

On Knowing His Days in WWE Were Numbered: “I wish it was a matter of [WWE] not renewing [the contract], but I had about a year left on the current contract, so they let me go just like all the other guys and gal.” Postl added, “I’ve been off the road for actually a little over a year, so I knew [the release] was coming. Knowing it’s coming and it actually happening are two completely different things [though].”

On His Friendship With Curt Hawkins: “Curt Hawkins [also known as] Brian Myers, he has been a godsend. He’s my best friend in this business. Him and Kofi [Kingston] are my two best friends from this business and Brian has gotten me out there and he [has] really helped me. Like I said, he’s a godsend. The minute [the release] happened, I texted him. I called him, actually. I was a bag of nerves for sure and emotions and all that. He assured me that [I’m] going to be fine and he took care of me. He set me up with about 10 or 12 dates within three hours, it seemed. I owe a lot to him at this point.”

On If He Considered Leaving WWE Prior To His Release: “I would like to say ‘no’, but you often think, especially when you’re sitting in that just kind of floating around and not being used and that stuff, you always happen to think at times, ‘am I happy? Am I truly happy?’ And I was providing for my son and that’s what matters. If the bills, as one Steve Austin said, ‘those things that come in the mail called bills’, if they’re getting paid, that’s what matters in the end and they were getting paid. It was very frustrating at times, things getting shot down or ‘I don’t think that’s the way we want to go right now’. ‘Okay, if not right now, when?’ And it goes unanswered, kind of thing. But did I think about [leaving WWE]? Yeah, but it would have been a very dumb move on my part.”