5 Former wrestlers who are still surprisingly working for WWE

Although the career length of an average wrestler is relatively short compared to many other professions, the WWE has since created a bustling work environment for some of the company's former talent in need of a job -- or quite simply, something productive to do.

Some of the positions WWE has to offer their semi-retired talent include trainers, writers, producers, brand ambassadors and road agents.

It definitely makes sense that Vince McMahon would try to keep some of his older performers around working for the company, as they all have years of wrestling experience, as well as a very good understanding of the sports entertainment business -- these wrestlers possess more useful knowledge to WWE than the young guys with their degrees fresh out of college.

However, while many of these ex-WWE wrestlers do not appear on our screens very often, McMahon is always one for surprising his fans, hence why we have seen many special one-off appearances from former stars including The Boogeyman for instance.

While some of the wrestlers featured on this list are well-known backstage employees, there are also bound to be a few you had no idea are still associated with "World Wrestling Entertainment".

Most of the wrestlers featured on the list have not been seen on-screen by fans in quite some time -- a couple for more than a decade, and considering many of these performers have kept a low profile from fans (not attending many fan meet and greets or interacting on social media), it comes as a surprise that they are still working in WWE. With that out of the way, lets take a closer look at the following 5 former wrestlers who are surprisingly still working for WWE...

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#5 Scotty 2 Hotty - WWE Performance Center Trainer

Scotty 2 Hotty is now one of the lead trainers at the WWE's Performance Center in Orlando, Florida

Scotty 2 Hotty is best known for his time spent in WWE as one-third of the super popular "Too Cool" tag team alongside Rikishi and the late Brian Christopher aka "Grand Master Sexay" in the late 90s and early 2000s. Throughout his career in sports-entertainment, Scotty captured multiple championships including the WWE's Light Heavyweight Championship and Tag Team Championship.

While Scotty 2 Hotty would wrestle sporadically for the WWE in the mid 2000s (mainly dark matches), it wasn't until 2016 when Scotty would once again become a full-time WWE employee. As of '16, Scotty 2 Hotty has been working down in the Performance Center (Orlando Florida) where he continues to work as a trainer.

#4 Billy Kidman - WWE Road Agent and Producer

Former WCW/WWE Cruiserweight Champion Billy Kidman is now a producer and road agent in WWE

If you were a fan of professional wrestling during the height of the "Monday Night Wars" between WCW and WWE, then it's not arguable that you would all be familiar with the former Cruiserweight Champion (and super high flying), Billy Kidman.

Billy would spend roughly five years in WCW before finally making the jump over to WWE following Vince McMahon's purchase of World Championship Wrestling -- Kidman's contract was picked up by WWE.

Regardless, Billy would continue performing his high flying style in the WWE and on the Indies for much of the early-mid 2000s, before finally hanging up the boots in 2008. Since then (as of 2010), Billy Kidman has been working full-time for the WWE as a producer and road agent.

#3 Tyson Kidd - WWE Producer

Following Tyson Kidd's abrupt career-ending injury, he has since become a producer in WWE

Tyson Kidd is undoubtedly a wrestler whose career was cut far too short, as the former WWE Tag Team Champion was forced to retire prematurely in 2015 following a career-ending neck injury -- the injury occurred after a botched "Muscle Buster" from Samoa Joe during a dark match on Monday Night Raw.

While Tyson counted his blessings for coming out of the serious injury alive and relatively well, his days in the WWE as an in-ring performer were over.

While some fans (and wrestlers) believed the WWE were treating Kidd unfairly by forcing him to retire without any real thought for his future, Vince McMahon would make the decision of hiring Tyson as a full-time producer in June 2017. Considering Tyson Kidd knows a ton about the wrestling business, this was unquestionably a valuable addition to the companies team.

#2 D-Von Dudley - WWE Producer

D-Von Dudley is now focusing his time on making the WWE shows great - a backstage producer

D-Von Dudley, the former member of one the greatest tag teams of all time, is now working for the WWE behind the scenes despite his on-screen absence.

As most of you would know, The Dudley Boys received one final run in the WWE between 2015 and 2016--and they would clash over the Tag Team Championships against teams such as The Wyatt Family, The New Day, The Usos and Big Cass/Enzo Amore.

D-Von's and Bubba Ray's run would end the night following SummerSlam 2016, and while Bubba Ray is semi-retired, D-Von has since been rehired by the WWE as a backstage producer -- he has also appeared a couple of times on television to help break up various wrestler brawls. It's great to see a wrestling legend like D-Von get treated well from the WWE, as it becomes much harder on a talents body to wrestle for a living in ones late 40s and early 50s...

#1 The Boogeyman - WWE Brand Ambassador

The Boogeyman is currently signed to a "Legends Contract", as well as a WWE brand ambassador

While The Boogeyman wasn't the most successful wrestler in WWE championships-wise, he is without question one of the most memorable performers of the 2000s -- most fans still vividly remember The Boogeyman's creepy antics and infamous worm eating.

Despite getting a late start to his professional wrestling career at the age of 40, The Boogeyman still managed to carve a great niche out for himself in the WWE as the company's creepiest Superstar -- The Boogeyman had many awesome moments throughout his short career.

Boogeyman would remain a WWE Superstar up until his release from the company in 2009, and he would go onto perform occasionally on the Indies. As of 2015, The Boogeyman has been signed to a "Legends Contract" where he appears on television infrequently, and he also serves as a brand ambassador.