Former WWE Star Praises Paul Heyman As An Advocate

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Former WWE star Mike Rallis, formerly known as Madcap Moss, has praised WWE Hall of Famer Paul Heyman as an advocate.

In January 2020, Riddick Moss, real name Mike Rallis, made his WWE main roster debut, aligning with Mojo Rawley as his “offensive lineman” in a storyline while Rawley was 24/7 Champion.

Rallis went on to play a variety of roles thereafter, such as in the 24/7 division and Raw Underground before eventually suffering an ACL injury late in the year. Following his return, Rallis would join Baron Corbin as “Madcap Moss” until the two split, which led to his biggest push in the company.

During his initial call-up to the main roster, Moss worked closely with then-Executive Director of WWE Raw, Paul Heyman. The WWE Hall of Famer has spoke glowingly of Moss in interviews over the years.

Speaking to Jeremy Lambert and Joel Pearl on Fightful’s In The Weeds, Mike Rallis was asked about Heyman’s support. He answered:

“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.”

On Heyman and Elias being the main reason why he was brought to the WWE main roster, Rallis said:

“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,”

Rallis is set to compete against Moose, Jake Hager and Parker Boudreaux at the BLP Wrestler’s Combine on September 4. The show will stream on Chris Van Vliet’s YouTube channel.

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• Mike Rallis
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