Jeff Cobb (JC Mateo) Pitched To Wrestle More In WWE

Jeff Cobb joined WWE at Backlash 2025, aligning with Jacob Fatu and Solo Sikoa in the new Bloodline. He was later named JC Mateo.

Cobb was highly touted for his wrestling in NJPW when he signed with WWE, but wrestled just 19 televised matches in his year-long run with the company.

Speaking to Denise Salcedo of Instinct Culture, Cobb was asked if he felt he made his mark in WWE in that year.

“Yes and no. I don’t want to sound like a bitter ex-employee. Could I have done more? Yes. Could they have given me more stuff to do? Yes. At the same time, ‘maximize your minutes.’ I tried to do that. The first couple of months, I was more, ‘Yes, whatever you want from me.’ The last couple of months I was like, ‘Can I do more? Can I talk more?’ If I don’t show my personality, then I’m just Bodyguard #2. I wanted to do more, wrestle more. That’s what you signed me for, based off my wrestling. New Japan, we don’t do too much character stuff or vignettes. ‘You hired me for wrestling. Let me wrestle. Put me on Main Event. Put me in dark matches.’ ‘We’ll see,'” said Cobb.

Elsewhere during the interview, Cobb revealed that he thought he was going to use that name in WWE. You can find his full comments here.

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