Brian Kendrick Trained Bad Bunny For WWE Backlash Match

Earlier this week, it was reported that WWE brought back former Cruiserweight Champion Brian Kendrick as a part-time backstage producer. As it turns out, producing is not the only duty he's been performing for the company lately.

During a recent appearance on the "Hitting The Turnbuckle Podcast," Kendrick confirmed that he trained Bad Bunny leading up to Bunny's match at Backlash against Damian Priest. Kendrick, of course, also assisted Bunny in preparing for his debut match at WrestleMania 37. As they were already familiar with each other, Kendrick said WWE reached out to him to help prepare the Grammy Award-winning recording artist for the San Juan Street Fight.

"The company brought me in, but it was because a few years back when they had their tag match, I worked with them," Kendrick explained. "I think because of the comfort level we had built, Bunny and I, that they requested me to come back for that too."

WWE's affiliation with Kendrick comes with some controversy. Last year, AEW cut ties with the 43-year-old after some disturbing videos resurfaced. The videos in question featured comments revolving around his support for antisemitic and white supremacist conspiracy theories. Kendrick later apologized for his comments, claiming that he never actually believed the content of the conspiracies. Instead, he insisted that his past actions were motivated by a pursuit of attention, as conspiracy theorists were becoming more popular in the mainstream at the time. Seven months after he lost his spot in AEW, Kendrick briefly returned to WWE at the request of Ronda Rousey. He produced Rousey's match against Shotzi at Survivor Series WarGames.