10 Things You Didn’t Know About Shelton Benjamin
3. A Committed Student (eventually)
As Benjamin’s last run in the WWE was winding down to a
close, he was operating on a pretty much part-time basis.
In the final four months of his time with the company, he only worked a single house show and a dozen TV dates. And that’s because—courtesy of the fountain of knowledge that is Talk is Jericho—Benjamin was working a reduced schedule so as to allow him to finish up studying for his degree.
He revealed that he eventually graduated with a bachelor’s degree in sports management just two weeks after his WWE release.
Still, as prudent as that decision was at the time, it looks like it may not have been necessary. After a few further years in Japan—in a wrestling capacity rather than a sports management role—he now finds himself back on the WWE’s books, but admittedly with a much more impressive CV.