Ex WWE Superstar Chuck Palumbo Reveals When He Knew WWE Career Was Over

WWE doesn’t have riches and main event marquee matches in store for everyone who walks through the doors. Sometimes a Superstar will get a couple of runs with the company to see if things work out. Sadly for Chuck Palumbo, things just didn’t seem to click.

Chuck & Billy was arguably Palumbo’s biggest angle in the company. Then it seemed to fizzle just when the mainstream media got wind of it.

Palumbo was a WCW alum before going to WWE in the mid 2000s. He left WWE in 2004 and again in 2008. As he explained to Wrestling Inc, when he signed that last two-year deal in 2006, he knew that was it for him unless things took off.

“The first time, it really wasn’t my choice. I didn’t want to, but they weren’t doing anything with me. They did for a while, but then it got cut short. I thought the FBI stuff was good. In this business, it’s kind of weird. One or two people, their opinion of you can often dictate your career.”

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“I’ve told people this in the past. One or two opinions of a person can dictate their career. Did that play a part? I don’t know, but it wasn’t working out for me at that point. I went to Mexico City. I went to Japan. It was fantastic, and then they asked me to come back in ’06. I came back, and for probably the first six months or so, I sat at home. They didn’t even use me.”

“They paid me to sit home, and then I finally started to use the motorcycle gimmick. I signed a two-year deal in ’06. I knew in my gut that that was going to be it for me. I didn’t want to stay any longer than that, unless things were really good. I knew I had the two-year deal. I tried to do the best I could with it, but I started making plans at that point for my future.”

Chuck Palumbo left WWE and moved onto the next chapter of his life. He doesn’t seem to hold any grudges because he knows that is how the pro wrestling business works. The opinion of just a few people in the office can make or break anyone in WWE.

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