Tony Hinchcliffe, a familiar face to WWE fans in 2025, just revealed he was once offered a job as a WWE writerbut walked away from it because of where he would have had to live. Hinchcliffe discussed the opportunity during his appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience, where he sat in alongside John Cena before Cenas retirement match on December 13.
Hinchcliffe recalled that the offer came during his early stand-up years in New York City, when he was working countless nights at the Comedy Store and constantly building material. He explained how someone connected him to WWE, which led to an unexpected pitch meeting. He explained that he came into the meeting with a full creative pitch ready to g
From there, Hinchcliffe said he took the meeting seriously and went deep into character ideasincluding fictional returns and new scenarios for established names.
According to Hinchcliffe, the WWE executive he met with was stunned at how prepared he was. He then confirmed that WWE wanted to hire himbut the catch was relocating.
Hinchcliffe doubled down that the locationnot the jobwas the deal-breaker.
For fans, the idea that one of todays most polarizing comedians could have been working behind the scenes creatively in WWE adds to his growing association with the companyespecially after appearing on RAW commentary earlier this year and hosting the Roast of WrestleMania.
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