13 Essential Tips For Passing A WWE Try-Out

6. Have (Or Make) Friends In High Places

Back in 2006, WWE surprisingly gave Henry O. Godwinn a contract, despite the fairly obvious limitation that his in-ring work was terrible at his surprising tryout. To be fair to him, he'd been out of the ring for eight years, but it seems he only got the tryouts - and the pass - because of Triple H's recommendation, even when John Laurinaitis expressed concerns. Godwinn and Triple H were close friends, and when the former's son died and he needed a job, Hunter pulled some strings, despite his dark match against Bull Buchanan being labelled one of the worst dark matches in quite some time. So it pays to know someone top level. And if you don't, just do what Mr Kennedy did, and basically stalk them until they give you a tryout:

"I knocked on the door for about six and a half years. It's like any other business, you have to network. You can't wait for someone to knock on your door. You have to go to them (WWE) and show them that you want it."

And even then, don't give up:

"They brought me down to a couple of shows as an extra. Didn't do anything, just sat around, but I knew I was sort of in the door. If I saw that Raw or Smackdown show was coming to Milwaukee, Chicago, Cleveland or anything within a thousand miles of my home I would drive. WWE pays the extras a little cash, so it was enough to cover my expenses. In fact, I would have done it out of my own pocket and I did many times."