McGuinness explained that he went to the same physical exam as Bryan Danielson. He was honest about his partially-torn biceps and gave his MRIs to the doctor. But WWE’s doctor wouldn’t clear McGuinness.

“I sent in the MRIs and he said, ‘Can’t clear you.’ I had one of the best surgeons in the Tampa Bay area who looked at the MRIs before and said, ‘You’re good to go, you don’t need surgery.’ So it was their doctor versus my doctor, and because of that, I lost the opportunity to work for them.”

“Then instead of that, signed with TNA and Desmond Wolfe was born. Thank god for it because it led to a series of matches with Kurt Angle, which I would certainly say are the highlights of my in-ring career. After that, a changing of the guard and then a diagnosis of Hepatitis B, and sitting at home for a year not getting paid, then getting released two weeks before I finally cleared Hepatitis B. Then I sat there going, ‘What am I going to do now?'”