Chris Masters says he could potentially get a pop.
Masters had a memorable WWE career, as he held the Masterlock Challenge and worked with some top stars during his time in the company. His second WWE stint ended in 2011. Masters had a run with TNA/IMPACT Wrestling, and he also worked for TNA for a few years. He confirmed his NWA departure in March 2024, and he has remained somewhat active on the independent scene.
Speaking on Rewind Recap Relive, Chris Masters was asked about a potential WWE Royal Rumble appearance.
“I didn’t think about it for a long time, and then about three or four years ago, I started seeing a lot of my friends come back, and I started to really kind of yearn for it and kind of try to put feelers out there, but it hasn’t come to be. I don’t know, in my mind, I think about yeah, I might get a pop, it might be kind of a cool return, but I think in the powers that be’s mind, like Hunter, for instance, in his mind, he would think that they’ve got forgotten about ‘The Masterpiece’. It’s been too long, they’ve forgotten about ‘The Masterpiece’, nobody will care. Which I don’t know, depending on the crowd, maybe that could be the case. Maybe not a lot of people would care. But then again, maybe it would be a shock pop, like, ‘Oh my god,’ you play the old song. I don’t know. Maybe it’d have to be in my hometown, Los Angeles [laughs]," Masters said.
The vignettes that Masters had ahead of his WWE debut came up in conversation, and he noted that they were part of the reason why he felt like he could get a pop. Masters explained that there were a lot of fans who grew up watching him.
“That’s the thing that makes me think I could get a pop. I think you do have a good amount of guys in the their twenties, late-twenties, early thirties, who were watching since they were kids and their peak fandom was around…I only say this too because I’ve wrestled a lot of guys on the indie scene who are in their early twenties, and they’re very nervous about wrestling me, and then when we talk, you realize their first time seeing me, they were like six years old or whatever, they were really young. So anyways, just to say hopefully there would be enough fans of that same nature that would be like, ‘Oh my god, are you kidding me?’” Masters said.
As of this writing, there is no word on if or when Chris Masters will return to WWE.
In January 2023, Masters said it would be great to return at WWE Royal Rumble. Check out his comments here.
Masters previously said that he'd like to bring his character to WWE, TNA, or AEW. Click here to see what he had to say.
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