In January 2020, Mike Rallis (Riddick Moss aka Madcap Moss) made his debut on the WWE main roster, joining Mojo Rawley as his "offensive lineman" while Mojo was the WWE 24/7 Champion.
Moss would remain part of the main roster, filling roles in the 24/7 division and Raw Underground, before suffering an ACL injury late in the year.
Paul Heyman was the Executive Director of WWE Raw at the time Moss joined the main roster, and Heyman spoke glowingly of Moss in interviews throughout the years.
Speaking to Jeremy Lambert & Joel Pearl of In The Weeds, Moss was asked about Heyman's support.
"He was a huge fan of mine and a huge advocate for me. He and Brock (Lesnar) were. They were great to me. They brought me under their wing, they let me sit in on discussions where they were talking about the business and how you should approach things. I learned so much from those guys. They were advocates. The first time I got brought up to the main roster was basically 100% because of Paul and Elias. He was the one who alerted Paul that my contract was running out and I was going to leave the company if they didn't do anything about it. I was in NXT doing nothing and Paul basically gave me a shot there and let me run with it. He didn't give me too much individual instruction, and I think I thrived with that and he knew that's what I needed after maybe NXT being a little too micromanaged. He's responsible for giving me that chance and everything that followed was because of that. I owe Paul a lot for everything that happened in my run there," said Moss.
Rallis is set to compete against Moose, Jake Hager, and Parker Boudreaux at the BLP Wrestler's Combine on September 4. The event will stream on Chris Van Vliet's YouTube channel.
Fightful will be on the scene for the event.
Elsewhere during the interview, Moss commented on holding combine records at the WWE Performance Center. You can find his full comments by clicking here.
