Keith Lee Recalls Early Gig as an Extra in WWE Through Lance Archer, Says He Got Ribbed And Ended Up Confusing Vince McMahon

On the latest Chasing Glory, Keith Lee recalled an early gig as an extra for WWE and how it turned into a hell of an experience. Lee appeared on the March 20th, 2009 episode of Raw as a member of Randy Orton’s security team while he was feuding with Triple H and the McMahons en route to WrestleMania. Lee was standing guard when Triple H, Vince and Shane McMahon came out and took out the security team, then fought with Orton and Legacy. You can see that video below.

Speaking with Garcia, Lee recalled how Lance Archer (then Vance Archer) brought him to WWE’s attention and that when he did the gig, he thinks he ended up the subject of a gig because of what he was told to do during the brawl. Highlights from the discussion are below:

On how he got on WWE’s radar: “A gentlemen by the name of Lance Hoyt, or Lance Archer — Vance Archer, I believe he was at WWE — was somebody that mentioned me backstage for some extra work. And that got me my first ‘extra’ work, which led to my first tryout, which was in 2008. And from there on, they just used me whenever they came around Texas.”

On his first gig as an extra: “That particular day… [laughs] It was interesting. So I was obviously chosen because I was one of the few that actually looked like I could be a security guy. And as that occurred, I really think that I may have gotten a joke played on me. Vince looked very confused when he came out, because someone told me, ‘It’ll be great if you go down as soon as Vince hits you.’ And I’m like, ‘Yeah, for sure. I’m gonna make him, like, really proud!’ And lo and behold, they come out. Vince jaws me, bang! Right in the mouth. He just looks confused, and just looks and starts beating up somebody else! [laughs]”

“They were just getting beat up basically [the security guys], and I guess me going down surprised them because I was the biggest one there. So all these guys are getting beat up. I eventually stand up. Triple H has me in a grip, Vince is taking body shots on me. Shane comes over, tries to grab my head, but he thumbs me right in the eye. So now I can’t see anything. And then Triple H just takes me and runs me right into the barricade. I can’t see what’s happening, I just know things are happening. I run into some metal and I’m like, ‘Oh god, I’m just gonna fall down now.’ I can’t see anything, my ribs hurt. [laughs]”

On the reaction backstage: “They’re just like, ‘Great job, you did a great job!’ And I’m like, [holding his eye] ‘Yeah, thanks, appreciate it! Thank you so much!’ … And my eye hurt for, I don’t know, probably two or three days before I could even get the swelling to go down and stuff, get the red out of my eye. It was great though, it was awesome.”

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