10 Things WWE Fans Need To Know About Roderick Strong

2. He Turned Down WWE Before

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Also of note on Roderick’s appearance on The Ross Report is that this isn’t the first time he’s been offered a deal in WWE. He was actually in the same training camp as Kevin Owens, so he could potentially have been employed by the company for the past couple of years.

After that camp, he was offered a developmental deal, but he turned THEM down. While that’s a tantalising news item, unfortunately he didn’t elaborate on why he rejected the deal:

“I’ve spoken with them, and there are details that I can’t really get into as to why it didn’t work out”.

Well, whatever it was, things may have worked out for the best. Strong has improved in the ring the past few years, so he's more valuable to the company now. Though the way he upped his game could have ended in tragedy...

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