Former WWE United States champion Montel Vontavious Porter (MVP) still wrestles on the independent scene since his release from the WWE back in 2010. He’s wrestled in New Japan Pro-Wrestling, in which he’s a former IWGP Intercontinental champion, Lucha Underground, and Impact Wrestling.
However, MVP is at the age where wrestlers hang up there boots and leave professional wrestling behind inside the ring. MVP spoke with the
Mirror about how long he wants to continue in the business:
"I am at a point in my career where I am ready to transition. I always said that I was going to retire at 45, and I'll be 45 in October. I decided that I still look and feel pretty good, so I'm going to hang around for a couple more years, but I know that my actual in-ring career is coming to a close. I am ready to move into the next phase of my career, which would be motivational speaking. I know that my life story is an inspirational one and one that can, hopefully, help others achieve goals in their own lives."
The former WWE United States champion reveals if he regrets not getting a main event level feud/title run in WWE:
"Well, I wouldn't say regret because it was never something I could control. So you can't ever really have regrets over things you literally have no control of. Should I have been a WWE Champion? A lot of people seem to think so and I certainly do because anytime you lace up your boots, you do it to be the absolute best. But there are some legends like Mr Perfect and Scott Hall – guys who were definitely top-tier with amazing careers that never really had the chance to hold the top belt. But that's fine, because at the end of the day, like I said, I look at my body of work and I'm in the history books and was one of the longest-reigning United States Champions in history. I've been a champion at every promotion I've been at, so I would have liked a chance to show that I could have been a top champion, but I don't think it takes away from my overall history."