Road Dogg Recalls Paul Heyman ‘Pitching Hard’ For Montez Ford To Vince McMahon Five Years Ago

Paul Heyman has always been a Montez Ford guy. 

Montez Ford is one-half of the Street Profits alongside Angelo Dawkins and has been in a prominent position in the tag team division for years. Their rise on the main roster started in 2019 when Paul Heyman was Executive Director of WWE Raw. 

According to Road Dogg, Heyman has been pitching for Montez Ford as a top star for years. 

“Montez Ford is a guy right now that is in the conversation of, ‘Holy mackerel.’ Paul Heyman had that conversation with Vince McMahon, while I sat in the room, about five years ago about Montez. Pitched him hard. We all knew Montez, but he was new. Paul saw it. He saw this was coming. He was the first one I heard say Montez, but Montez is the total package. What a great guy, a level head on his shoulders, a great athlete. He might be the next big guy,” Dogg said on Busted Open Radio. 

When asked if Montez might be pushed even more now that Vince McMahon is retired and Triple H is in charge of creative, Dogg replied, “It definitely could. I’m not saying it’s going to happen Monday or Friday, but it would be on the fast track, I would imagine, especially if Paul (Heyman) is in the other Paul’s [Triple H] ear. I’m sure he is because that’s his business. I think things are going to change in WWE and it’s time. It was time. A seat that I believe Hunter should have been sitting in for a while and I’m glad he’s finally there. The wrestling fan will appreciate that a lot more too. If you can’t tell, I’m unemployed and trying to get my job back [laughs]. I also believe everything I said and mean it. Hunter sat at that table a lot and pitched stuff where everyone went, ‘yeah, yeah’ and it wouldn’t make it to the top. Now, we will start to see. I think we’re going to start to see shades of NXT Black & Gold on the main roster. I believe that was the mixture that you need of wrestling and great entertainment.”

Dogg continued to reiterate that it was just his opinion. Dogg also admitted that if he was asked to return to WWE, he would return to NXT if given an offer. 

Ford is set to team with Dawkins against The Usos (Jimmy & Jey Uso) for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Titles at WWE SummerSlam. Fans can check out the current lineup for the event by clicking here. 

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