In a recent interview with The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling podcast, former WWE producer Mike Rotunda, better known to wrestling fans as I.R.S. (Irwin R. Schyster) opened up on his WWE departure.

“Well, I got furloughed in the middle of April, along with a number of other people, so it’s been quite some time and it didn’t look like it was going to open back up. I kind of prepared myself for it, but I wasn’t exactly sure what was going to happen, which I’m fine with.

Like you said, I had a long run there, I’m 62 years old and to be honest with you, it was harder and harder to do all the travelling and keep that pace, it definitely helps being a little younger when you’re trying to keep the pace that you’d have to have working for WWE, especially my whole time there, we did live shows, like depending on which show you were on, we did both television shows and I did a ton of live events, which were like Friday, Saturday, Sunday and then TV’s were Monday and Tuesday until they switched back to the Friday Night SmackDown, so I definitely put a lot of time in on the road and it’s kind of nice being home.

My wife and I have been married, it’ll be 36 years in October and all, but three years of that, I’ve been on the road, so I mean, that’s a long time and I’m actually enjoying to be home more and be around my wife and see my grandkids some more and get a chance to go fishing more, which I like to do living here in Florida. That’s my go-to, my relaxation, so it’s given me an opportunity to do more, to me, something that’s important to do and it’s fun for me.”

The interview is available in full at this link.