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MVP has been active in the ring since 1999, and he was one of the top projects of WWE during the Ruthless Aggression Era. He joined WWE in 2005, and he started working on the main roster in 2006. He had multiple big feuds in the promotion with the likes of Matt Hardy and the WWE Hall of Famer Kane.
MVP left the promotion in 2010 and returned to the independent circuit. He also worked in other big promotions during this spell outside of WWE. In 2020, he returned to WWE, and this time, he mostly worked as a manager. WWE formed a faction named The Hurt Foundation, and he was the manager of it.
MVP reflects on returning to in ring action
In 2024, he was released from WWE, and he was really unhappy with the new Creative Head of WWE, Triple H. Soon after leaving the promotion, he joined AEW along with Bobby Lashley, with whom he was working in WWE. He kept on working as a manager in the new promotion until recently, when he made his in ring return.
MVP has been active in AEW since 2024
At the latest AEW pay per view event, which was AEW All Out, he teamed up with Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin to take on the team of Ricochet, Bishop Kaun, and Toa Liona. Ultimately, it was a losing effort for the side of MVP, but the former WWE United States champion received a lot of praise for his performance. He recently spoke with TMZ Sports and explained how it felt to be back in the ring;
He worked in a six man tag team match in a losing effort
“I felt great. You know, more than anything, I enjoy reminding people that MVP is not ‘just a manager’. I’m not a manager like any manager you’ve seen in a very, very long time. I’m not your undersized pipsqueak chickens**t manager because I’m a 250 pound, over 6 feet tall, multi-time champion, Brazilian Black Belt World Champion. I don’t run away because I can fight and I’m in the business of hurting people for money and I never retired.”
“I just think there’s two things. One, yes, I am back training because I plan to be active in the ring again and I got some big jiu-jitsu matches coming up. So, yeah, my appetite goes up exponentially when I’m training and burning the calories.” said the former WWE United States Champion.
