10 Wrestlers Who Quietly Retired

9. Matt Bloom

Lord Tensai
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Now the man responsible for training the next generation of WWE superstars down in the Performance Center, you may know Matt Bloom by a variety of names. Prince Albert, Albert, A-Train, Lord Tensai, Tensai, Sweet T, the Hip-Hop Hippo, Jason Albert and lord knows what else, Bloom was a talented big guy who had two tenures with the WWE, the second one beginning in 2012.

The second one ended in low-key circumstances, with Bloom privately announcing his retirement in early 2014 in order to concentrate on his training role in the Performance Center. Not long after Bloom found himself promoted to head trainer following the departure of Bill DeMott.

Now Bloom was never a top-tier worker in the WWE that would have been given a major send-off on a top pay-per-view, but he is most definitely an integral part of the machine. His retirement from in-ring activity was low-key, but his impact on the company may yet prove to be huge.

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