Heidenreich Comments On Viral Photo Of Him Working At Walmart: ‘I Love It’

Jon Heidenreich went viral for a photo of him working at Walmart earlier this year, and he says he loved the support he received. The WWE alumnus was seen in a pic posted to social media in February, which quickly went viral. Heidenreich got a lot of support from wrestling fans online for his new job.

Heidenreich was asked about the matter during his appearance on Insight With Chris Van Vliet. He revealed how the pic came about and noted that he’s happy with what he’s doing, and appreciated the outpouring of support that he received. You can see the highlights below:

On the Photo Of Him Working In Walmart:

“No, I didn’t really. I didn’t see it when it happened. These kids, I call them kids, kids that I’ve known from working the indies, they started messaging me and calling me about it. ‘Have you seen the internet?’ So I don’t really do that. Then I found out from them, and then the guy who posted it, Wade, he handed me a piece of paper, I think [it was] your contact. Then someone was saying, ‘Man, he’s been saying he wanted to interview you for a while now. He wondered what happened to you, like, where is he at? Is he lost or MIA or something?’”

On How It Came About:

“Yeah, he’s actually on the renovation team that travels around, but he was there for a couple of months. He’s coming back. He’s from Ohio… I saw he was from Ohio, and asked him if he knew about Ohio Valley Wrestling, and he says yeah. He was a wrestling fan, and I told him some stuff I did, and he left that night, and I think he said he didn’t really believe me that I was saying I did all this stuff, but he looked it up, and then he was like, this dude’s Heidenreich!? I remember you! He said, ‘I got an action figure, you gonna sign it for me?’ I was like, yeah, of course, that’s cool. He’s like, why don’t you tell me? I’m like, well I don’t unless wrestling comes up. Then a bunch of his buddies found out, they were telling him, why didn’t you tell us that he was a wrestler, man? They all have action figures, too. When my coworkers found out, one of the guys, Larry, found out at Walmart, he was shouting at everybody, ‘You know who this guy is? You’re like a legend, man!’ I guess so. They’re always messing with us, ‘That’s our superstar wrestler!’ But they’re cool. A lot of people like wrestling, man.”

On What He Does At Walmart:

“I put out freight at night.”

On The Support He Received:

“I love it. Yeah, people were like, I thought, they were bashing me because I’m at a Walmart now. They said no, this dude is cool. I think Snitsky said some good stuff, because he’s a cool dude.”