Stand-up comedian and filmmaker Kenice Mobley recently appeared on the Asian Not Asian podcast to talk about her new job as a WWE writer, and it's fair to say some of her comments raised a few eyebrows.
While speaking about her new gig as part of Monday Night Raw's writing team, she admitted that the company did not require her to know anything about wrestling... or the name of the current WWE Champion, evidently.
“Yes, I have just been hired by WWE. Given the things that you know about me and my entire life and what I’m into, yes [that’s surprising]. Yes, also a surprise for me. They did not require me to know anything about wrestling but I do have a background in film production and comedy writing and they’re like, ‘Perfect. Come on in.’ So I am on the Monday Night Raw team."
"So there’s Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown and the people I know that are on it are Bobby — his name is either Bobby Ashley or Bobby Lashley and I really should know that. He’s like this giant Black guy and he and the people who are part of his crew, I know that they call — or at least as of last year, they called themselves The Hurt Business. The Hurt Business. They wear suits and they’re like, ‘We’re cool.’”
Look, we all know this wouldn't be the first time WWE hired someone that wasn't necessarily a big wrestling fan, but to bring someone on to write storylines for something they know literally nothing about? Well, it's actually not too surprising given the current state of the promotion, quite frankly.
We're not taking a shot at Mobley here (we can't blame her for accepting what sounds like a highly lucrative job and wish her all the best), but this just goes to show how far away from actual professional wrestling WWE has moved in the past few years.