Nick Aldis Recalls Former WWE Exec Canyon Ceman ‘Basically’ Telling Him To F*ck Off: “This Feels More Personal Than Business”

Nick Aldis did not appreciate having the proverbial door slammed in his face.

Nick Aldis made his WWE debut in October 2023 and was introduced as the new General Manager of Friday Night SmackDown. As of this writing, Aldis is still in that role.

During his appearance on K100 w/ Konnan & Disco, Aldis spoke about his past attempts to get into WWE and said the door was unceremoniously slammed in his face. Aldis remembers former WWE Senior Director of Talent Development Canyon Ceman telling him to f*ck off in ‘the most corporate way possible.’ Aldis said he was slightly offended by that.

“Well, getting to WWE, I know, unfortunately, it was a long time of me knocking on the door. Yeah, and the truth is, yeah, there was a long time where I was knocking on that proverbial door and I felt like it was being pretty unceremoniously slammed in my face. I’ve got thick skin. I’ve been around and I certainly don’t think of myself as this unbelievable talent that was a no-brainer sort of thing, and I’ve heard people sort of talk about me in that respect in terms of being signed by WWE and obviously I appreciate it when people have said that about me in the past but I was realistic, I think, about my abilities and stuff like that… So I say that to say I was never offended by being turned down. But, there was a time where I was slightly offended by how unceremonious it was. But it was a couple times, like, Canyon Ceman back in the day… He pretty much was just like, in the most corporate way possible, basically just told me to F off, and I was just like, ‘Wow.’ Not trying to say that I deserve a little more than that but I mean, no feedback… And that to me was sort of when I started to think, okay, this feels more personal than business, and look, obviously, the structure at WWE has changed a lot and obviously, it’s a very different group of cats in decision-making positions.”

Aldis has a talent and an employee contract with WWE. In the same interview, he stated that he has stock in WWE’s parent company, TKO Group Holdings.

If the quote in this article is used, please credit K100 w/ Konnan & Disco with an H/T to Fightful for the transcription.