5 things learned from former WWE Superstar Johnny Jeter's Sportskeeda interview

Former WWE Superstar Johnny Jeter is perhaps best known for being a member of the infamous Spirit Squad faction on Monday Night RAW during the mid-2000s.

Whilst he was on the WWE main roster for a short period of time, Jeter experienced significant success whilst being a member of the Spirit Squad, becoming a former WWE World Tag Team Champion.

Before that, Jeter was a stand-out in WWE's developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling under the tutelage of Jim Cornette.

Sportskeeda Wrestling's Dr. Chris Featherstone recently interviewed Johnny Jeter for another episode of UnSKripted.

A variety of topics were discussed in the interview, including Jeter's professional wrestling career, his time as a member of the Spirit Squad, and much more.

Let's take a closer look at five things we learned from former WWE Superstar Johnny Jeter's Sportskeeda interview.

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#5 Johnny Jeter praises former Spirit Squad teammate Dolph Ziggler for his incredible WWE career

Former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Dolph Ziggler is the only remaining member of the Spirit Squad under contract with WWE today.

Despite what many perceived to be a "career-killing" gimmick with the Spirit Squad, Ziggler has been able to rise and be a WWE Superstar for over 15 years.

When asked about Ziggler's career, Johnny Jeter was quick to praise his former teammate:

"Oh man, Dolph is just killing it and I'm so proud of him. I think it was tough when we were up there because it was very cutthroat and maybe it's till like that today, I'm not sure. I just remember being up there and I knew 90% of the locker room because a lot of them came from Ohio Valley [Wrestling], all of us did we were like a big fraternity. But you always felt like you were walking on eggshells up there because there's no guarantees up there. To me it almost felt like we were cattle."

Jeter even admitted that whilst people knew Ziggler was going to be successful, the current SmackDown star managed to exceed everyone's expectations:

"I think Nemeth just blew all the naysayers away. I think everyone knew that he was going to have a successful career. But I don't think anyone anticipated or expected him to do what he's doing today. He's just phenomenal."

#4 WWE asked Johnny Jeter to be a part of the Dolph Ziggler, The Miz, and Spirit Squad storyline in 2016

In 2016, WWE presented an angle on SmackDown LIVE that saw The Miz feuding with Dolph Ziggler.

As part of the storyline, The Miz brought back Spirit Squad members Kenny and Mikey to feud with Ziggler and serve as his back-up. When asked if he was contacted to be part of the angle, Jeter confirmed he was contacted by WWE:

"Yes, I was called. I was driving from San Diego to visit my family back to Arizona and I got a call from Mark Carrano. Asked me if I wanted to come do a gig. He was like 'could last one night. Could last six months, we're not sure yet. But can you make it?' And I was like, 'Umm, let me talk to my wife and I'll get back to you.' So he said 'ok, cool.'"

Unfortunately, Jeter was unable to participate in the storyline because his job at the time was the external auditors of WWE, presenting a conflict of interest:

"The company I worked for was Deloitte and Touche. They are the external auditors of WWE. WWE is publicly traded. So I knew there was probably a compliance or a conflict of interest there. I'm not on the account, I'm not a manager on the account, I'm not invested in the company and I made that argument. I notified HR and Legal, and I got this huge, huge e-mail saying 'you cannot perform any paid or unpaid services with WWE because they're attest client, a restricted enitity. Sorry.'"

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#3 Johnny Jeter reveals his thoughts when WWE presented the Spirit Squad concept

The Spirit Squad is one gimmick that is often mocked by the WWE Universe and critics alike. When asked what his original thoughts on the concept were, Jeter admitted that it certainly blindsinded the five members of the group:

"When you get a call saying 'the five of you are coming to RAW,' we didn't know if it was to do something together or separate. We just thought come to RAW, maybe one of us will work a dark match, a tag, whatever. So, when they said 'yeah throw these uniforms on. You're going to be male cheerleaders,' I think a lot of our hearts sank."

Despite the gimmick not being the best, Jeter was quick to point out how much fun the group had working with some of the biggest names in WWE history:

"But again, the mindset and idea behind it was 'what do you people hate more than anything?' A male cheerleader. At least at the time; I'm not saying that's the way people think now. So, we just took the ball and ran with it. We had a great time, working with Kane and Big Show, DX, Flair, Piper. We were very fortunate enough to wrestle some major, legendary names up there and I think we're forever grateful for it."

#2 Johnny Jeter discusses working with DX in WWE and learning from Triple H and Shawn Michaels

WWE reunited with popular faction D-Generation X on Monday Night RAW in 2006 to feud with The McMahons.

With neither Vince nor Shane McMahon being regular wrestlers, the Spirit Squad often served as The McMahon's "lackeys" during the storyline, regularly facing DX on WWE television.

Jeter revealed that both WWE Hall of Famer's Triple H and Shawn Michaels went out of their way to get opinions from the Spirit Squad and were easy to work with:

"What if you got put in a match with DX and you're wrestling your idols? It's incredible and you'd think that these guys would have egos like 'oh my God, I'm just going to keep my mouth shut and put a match together.' But no, they went out of our way to solicit our feedback and help put a match together."

Jeter also pointed out that the Spirit Squad had a great relationship with Triple H and Shawn Michaels, often joking with them backstage:

"They were open to working with us and putting a match together. They were super cool, super funny. We kind of went back and forth joking with them a lot with them backstage."

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#1 Johnny Jeter recalls a hilarious story about WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels and John Cena

Whilst discussing Spirit Squad's feud with D-Generation X, Jeter revealed that he used to ride with former WWE Champion John Cena and former WWE star Eugene.

This led to Jeter recalling a hilarious story involving Cena and Michaels with some bathroom humour:

"Cena and I went to the gym. I used to ride with him and Eugene. We went to the gym and afterwards they had pure proteins in the little thing. So I got a Pina Colada. I was like, 'Oh I haven't tried this flavour before, let me try it.' So I drank it andd Cena's like 'Oh man, that's going to ruin you.'"

"So we stopped at a gas station, Cena was on the phone and I went to the bathroom and I had diarrhea. I don't know why, don't ask me why but I took my phone and recorded the sounds of it. So, when I got back into the car, Cena was on the phone, I put it up to his ear and played it and he was like 'I got to go. I just heard something that changed my life.'"

"We get to TV and Shawn was eating a steak dinner from Texas Roadhouse. I got talked into by Cena, playing the sound for Shawn while he was eating. I played it, he started laughing and he just put his stuff down and was like 'I've lost my appetite.'"