On a recent episode of the “Asian Not Asian” podcast, Kenice Mobley was interviewed. She is a standup comedian who was recently hired to be a writer for WWE on the Monday Night Raw brand.
This was an interesting tidbit from the interview (transcription via Post Wrestling):
“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.”
Okay!
She’s on the Raw side and…
“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.’”
...doesn’t even know the name of the current WWE champion.
Okay!
Just my opinion here but if you’re going to be writing for a pro wrestling show, shouldn’t you know about pro wrestling? Shouldn’t WWE want the writers they hire to know about the product?
Anyway, hopefully it works out!