In a recent interview with The New York Post, WWE Hall of Famer Jesse Ventura discussed several topics, including what led to him making the decision to return to the WWE.

Noting that his son Tyrel, who also works as his agent, brokered the deal, Ventura had the following to say.

“He’s very qualified for it, he used to be Sean Penn’s assistant, so he has experience. My son was a fan of wrestling, and a fan of myself growing up, so he took it upon himself to make some contact with the new ownership and they started talking, one thing led to another and I realized they were under new ownership, and I wasn’t going to be held to the old standard of why I got kicked out before. Lo and behold, it happened and I’ll tell you this, I did it selfishly for my kids, I’m 73 now, I ain’t gonna be around forever, I want to position it where if anybody makes money off my name, I want my kids to have a piece of it.”

Ventura, who signed a WWE legends contract several months ago, noted that it wasn’t a difficult decision to come back for Saturday Night’s Main Event, when the idea was presented to him, as the ice had already been brokered.

“With Saturday Night’s Main Event, coming back after 40 years, somebody said we need Jesse for this, because we had already negotiated the Legends deal, it wasn’t a big deal to negotiate this, the ice had been broken, and now hell has frozen over.”

The full interview is available at this link.