Jeff Cobb Considered Retiring After WWE Release, What Made Him Decide to Keep Going

Jeff Cobb says he considered retiring from the ring after he was released from his WWE contract earlier this year. Cobb was let go in early May of this year alongside Tonga Loa, ending a year-long run with the company where he played JC Mateo.

Cobb reflected on his exit from the company in his appearance on Insight With Chris Van Vliet. He noted that the mouth was “rough” from him and that he didn’t like wrestling for the first time, but decided to keep going as he didn’t want to end his career that way. You can see highlights below:

On If He Immediately Knew He Was Headed Back to Japan After WWE:

“A part of me, yes, but then a part of me was kind of like, I don’t really like wrestling anymore.”

On His Reaction To His WWE Release:

“Yeah. So May was rough. I didn’t work out. I didn’t do anything. I was just like, I didn’t like wrestling. The first time I have ever been like that, where I was like, man, what the hell? I’m not blaming WWE.”

On Where That Sentiment Came From:

“I mean, you know, us as wrestlers, we’re kind of our biggest critics. If I do a match or something, and I come back and like, oh, that was good, and I was like, we could have done this a little bit better, whatnot. So, we’re always our harshest critic, right? So, I mean, I don’t know if that’s the same in your world.”

On If He Was Thinking Of Retiring:

“Yeah, I was like, man, was that it? But then at the same time, I was like, I don’t want to really end on that note. So, I kicked out.”