It's all about the game. Oh, it's also about how you play it.
Since leaving WWE, both Mason Madden and Mansoor have made a name for themselves, specifically with their online shenanigans. Surprisingly, the mXm duo actually wrestle from time to time as well!
While speaking to Fightful for a new interview, both Mason Madden and Mansoor spoke about life outside of WWE. Madden also stated that he was going to bury WWE in this interview, but decided against it after getting that sweet royalty check.
SEAN ROSS SAPP: “So you guys actually do wrestle here and there.”
MANSOOR: “From time to time.”
MASON MADDEN: “From time to time. We’re relatively busy.”
SEAN ROSS SAPP: “You guys are very busy. I saw you guys wrestle last
night as we’re here at Squared Circle Expo in Indianapolis.”MASON MADDEN: “Where we won.”
SEAN ROSS SAPP: “You did.”
MANSOOR: “Yeah, we won.”
MASON MADDEN: “We won.”
SEAN ROSS SAPP: “You did. How are you feeling outside the auspices
of WWE?”MANSOOR: “Auspices.”
SEAN ROSS SAPP: “Auspices.”
MANSOOR: “Isn’t he signed to AEW? Will Auspice.”
MASON MADDEN: “Auspice. I thought that’s where you go when you’re
dying.”SEAN ROSS SAPP: “Yeah, that’s auspice care. Yeah, yeah, yeah.”
MANSOOR: “Do you have thoughts on this?”
MASON MADDEN: “Thoughts? An opinion? No, I don’t think much.”
MANSOOR: “Let me tell you this, I was so ready to come on this
interview—”SEAN ROSS SAPP: “I just thought I’d get a wrestling question in here,
you know?”MANSOOR: “Oh, nobody gives a shit.”
SEAN ROSS SAPP: “That’s fair.”
MANSOOR: “But I was so ready to come to this—I was ready to come.”
MASON MADDEN: “Come.”
SEAN ROSS SAPP: “Whoa.”
MANSOOR: “Come Tuesday. I was so ready to come and bury the fed
and say. ‘We’re doing all these dates and we’re going all over the
world. We’re going to WrestleCon next week and then we’re going to
Paris for APC Catch and then we’re going to the Middle East. We’re
wrestling in Dubai, [towns]. We’re going everywhere. We got dates all
over the world that we can’t even announce yet and we’re making
ourselves a name and a product outside of WWE.’ But then, this
morning, our royalty check hit. I love the fed.”MASON MADDEN: “Thank you, WWE.”
MANSOOR: “Thank you, WWE. It’s all about the game and how you play
it. Thank you for our royalties, king. Thank you.”SEAN ROSS SAPP: “How much was it?”
MANSOOR: “Enough.”
SEAN ROSS SAPP: “Several dollars at least.”
MANSOOR: “You’d be shocked.”
MASON MADDEN: “Now we’re thousandaires.”
SEAN ROSS SAPP: “Okay. I like that.”
MANSOOR: “Actually though, when we were in WWE, our royalty
checks would be like 25 cents because our contracts were made in a
way where—”MASON MADDEN: “I once got a—when I was in Retribution—I was
splitting it six ways.”MANSOOR: “He’s been split six ways before.”
MASON MADDEN: “Six ways. So when we’d get the royalty checks for
Retribution t-shirts—which I designed by the way, I gave that to them
for free—I’d get the check. It’d say, ‘Retribution t-shirt income and it
would be like $1.25.’”
Elsewhere in the interview, Madden recalled injuring himself and Omos during a training session in WWE. Learn more here.
Fans can check out Fightful's full interview with both Mason Madden and Mansoor in the video linked at the top of this article.
