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Former WWE Writer Kazeem Famuyide Praises The Riott Squad, Discusses His First Day on the Job

March 11, 2019 | Posted by Jeffrey Harris
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As previously reported, The Wrassle Rap podcast recently interviewed former WWE writer Kazeem Famuyide. Below are some additional highlights (transcript via Fightful).

Kazeem Famuyide on writing for The Riott Squad: “So my first couple of writing assignments were working with The Riott Squad. The Riott Squad, they were so f*cking awesome and I love Liv Morgan to death because her and Sarah would come up to me — they had followed me on Twitter afterwards and they’d be like, ‘Who are you!? And I’m like, ‘What are you talking about?’ And [they’re] like, ‘I saw you on Twitter and you have so many rappers and people that follow you. What did you do before you got… who are you!?’ But like, I had so much fun with them because basically, my assignment was, alright, the Riott Squad’s gonna be walking through the hallway and they’re just gonna f*ck some sh*t up, so just have them fu*k sh*t up. So I’m like, really? Like yeah. So, that was so much fun. My first four weeks was just getting with Ruby, Liv and Sarah and just having them trash hallways, trash locker rooms, cut people’s ties in half, writing lipstick on people. I think there was a scene where I got pushed into something. Oh, perfect.”

Famuyide on his first day at WWE being the day Kevin Owens was trying to leave the arena on Raw: “My first ever day on the job, I was on TV, literally that day. [It] was the RAW when it was Kevin Owens versus Braun Strowman and Kevin Owens was trying to leave the arena. He was sprinting out the arena and he’s asking for his keys — asking the valet for his keys and I guess Ryan Ward was talking to the valet guy and Ryan Ward leaves and then he asked me and the writers this thing, ‘Where’s the valet!? Where’s the valet!?’ I point to him and I point to the valet, and as soon as I point — it was live too. It wasn’t like a pre-taped joint because it was right after the match so we had to do it live-liive. My phone was in my pocket. I remember as soon as I pointed and the camera went off me, my phone just explodes. It fu*king explodes like oh sh*t, RealLifeKaz is on RAW. I’m getting the TDEWrestling GIFS and all the wrestling GIF sites and sh*t and I’m like, ‘Woah’.”