After being overlooked when WWE released their list of who they feel are the
"10 Hottest Free Agents" in the business today, which includes the likes of The Rock, The Undertaker and others who aren't currently an active member of either the RAW or SmackDown Live brands, Harper spoke with
The Chad Dukes Wrestling Show about being excluded from the list.
Regarding not being part of the list, which outside of the aforementioned WWE legends, also includes the likes of Cryme Tyme and The Great Khali, Harper said it was "a bit of a slap in the face."
“When you put a list of the ten hottest free agents available in today’s market, and I mean no offense to them, but when Cryme Tyme ranks above you, it really makes you question your career choices … Cryme Tyme couldn’t be more irrelevant to today’s wrestling scene. So for them to rank above me, it’s a bit of a slap in the face.”
“I believe that I will be the WWE World Champion one day. I know that a lot of people say that, it’s easy to say, if I were to go away without accomplishing that task I would feel unfulfilled, to be completely honest… So for Cryme Tyme to rank above me, when I think that of myself, it becomes a bit of an issue inside my own brain.”