Lil Yachty Says He Was Offered A WWE Contract Before WrestleMania

Lil Yachty started appearing on WWE TV ahead of WrestleMania, managing Trick Williams in the build up to his WWE US Title match with Sami Zayn.

Yachty appeared on multiple episodes of SmackDown, helping Trick against Zayn.

Speaking to Chris Van Vliet on Insight, Yachty explained how he started appearing on WWE TV.

“I didn’t expect to come to WWE and wrestle. I want to be the best manager ever. That was my thing. I mean, not ever. All respect to Paul Heyman. I want to be the second-best manager ever. Wrestling was not in my cards. It’s not one match, not two matches. I was like, I’m gonna come manage and have fun. Maybe even try to be one of the brand managers, like be a SmackDown or Raw manager,” said Yachty.

Asked how his initial appearance, Yachty replied, “I think Triple H just wanted to see it. I really do. I would love to know actually. If I had to guess, I’m sure someone just threw it out there in the writers’ room, and I could just imagine Triple H just being wanting to see me get my ass beat or something, because I don’t even know how we got here.

“So, eventually, I met Neil [who is in charge of the music for WWE]. I don’t know if I asked him if there was ever an opportunity somehow for me to do something, anything. Y’all need the floor scrubbing? Anything, I’d love to do it. He’s like, I’ll let you know. That went on for a long time, and then WrestleMania was coming around. He was like, ‘How would you like to walk out Trick for the entrance?’ I was like, ‘Fuck yeah!’ Then I was like, I’m so invested. I know what it’s like when a celebrity walks out or does something randomly with WWE; IWC does not fuck with it. So I said to them, ‘Hey, man, this opportunity is amazing. I would love to do it, but is there any way, I’m down to cover all my cost, whatever, if I could somehow make it make sense that I’m walking him out?’ I didn’t want to just pop up on WrestleMania. I was like, a couple SmackDowns before, could I come to a SmackDown and introduce our friendship? At the time, I didn’t know Trick. I had met him twice at a couple shows, but we didn’t have a relationship. I was like, is there some way? I wasn’t trying to insert myself in the story, but I was just like, can we make it make sense for me to walk him? Then it started with me and Trick on the phone and we talked for almost two hours.

“I guess the idea came to him, he DM’d me and we got on the phone and we just instantly clicked. We talked up a million storylines, a million ideas, and then it started with the Instagram post. He invited me. I came, and I paid for my own flights on all that stuff. It was a few months before they ever started paying for the flights and stuff. But I was investing. I wanted to show them, hey, I really want to do this. Did the first one. I think they were like oh man, he can kind of talk on the mic. Did the second one. Okay, he’s kind of good at this. I was on time. I was there. I was diligent. Had no problems. WrestleMania came, and Bruce Prichard sat me down. The fucking goat. I feel like it really is a dream for me because all these guys are just absolute legends. Bruce sat me down in rehearsals, first I thought I was in trouble. He pulled me aside and he was like, ‘You’re here more than I am. What would you say if you come on down and you be with the family?’ I was like, what? He offered me a contract, and I was just like, I actually did it. I can’t believe I actually did it. The goal you set, to achieve the goal is the goal. When he offered me a contract, I was like, wow, this is fucking awesome.”

Yachty would end up wrestling at WWE Sunday Night’s Main Event against Baron Corbin.

Elsewhere during the interview, Yachty reflected on his debut against Corbin. You can find his full comments here.