#1 Former WWE Superstar who works as a backstage producer for WWE: Tyson Kidd
Former WWE Superstar and a huge fan-favorite Tyson Kidd (Real Name: Theodore James "TJ" Wilson) signed with WWE in 2006. He won the Tag Team titles in WWE thrice, the most recent one with Cesaro in 2015 - a team that had so much potential.
Unfortunately, Tyson Kidd's promising in-ring career was cut short after he suffered a dangerous spinal cord injury during a dark match on RAW in June 2015 while taking Samoa Joe's Muscle Buster finisher. In 2017, WWE hired him as a producer. Speaking to Cody Rhodes, Tyson Kidd recently revealed his transition to being a WWE producer.
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"So the transition was fairly smooth to be honest. It was smooth in terms of I like helping people. I liked helping talent with their matches prior to my injury. Obviously, now as a producer it becomes more a larger responsibility than just me as a talent giving advice. What I didn't know was I didn't know how fulfilling it could actually be"
"I was told by the boss that now you'll be like me, vicariously living through the talent, and I thought those were just words. And I've now come to realize that it's very real. The fulfillment and the feeling is very real. When we lay something out and the talent goes out there, I'm part of the creative process of helping putting things together maybe putting things in different places. When they go out there and execute it even better than I have it imagined in my head, it is just a great feeling."
Tyson Kidd is married to WWE Superstar and former Divas and WWE SmackDown Women's Champion, Natalya. The couple is featured heavily on Total Divas. Natalya recently posted a video of Tyson Kidd running the ropes, sparking speculations of his return to the ring. It is to be seen whether that happens or not!