6 Things you need to know about TJ Perkins

TJ Perkins is the winner of the first WWE Cruiserweight Classic

6: Perkins was supposed to wrestle The Miz on Raw in a 2009 episode but Snoop Dogg replaced him

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Yet another reason to hate the guest host era. If it hadn’t been for Snoop Dogg intervening in The Miz’s match, the WWE Universe could have gotten its first glimpse of TJ Perkins in 2009.

Perkins was supposed to wrestle the United States Champion, The Miz, in an episode of Raw in 2009 until guest host Snoop Dogg appeared on the Titantron, flanked by a host of WWE Divas, to change the match and replace TJ Perkins with an ageing Marty Jannetty.

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