{"id":673043,"date":"2026-05-16T08:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T08:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/673043\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T08:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T08:21:10","slug":"former-wwe-wrestler-close-to-signing-with-roh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/673043\/","title":{"rendered":"Former WWE wrestler close to signing with ROH"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not many wrestlers can say their first ever match came on WWE SmackDown. But Sidney Akeem can, and soon we may be seeing a lot more of him but in a different company.<\/p>\n

Akeem spoke about his career in a conversation with R3 Jonah and the Rewind Recap Relive podcast<\/a>. Discussing his career in Cirque du Soleil and WWE, Akeem mentioned his potential future plans.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause of where I come from and as a kid from St. Louis, my options as an adult were very limited,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd now to think that I made it to the mountaintop in the circus world, I made it to WWE, I wrestled for TNA. And now, I am in the midst of getting a deal done with AEW\u2026Ring of Honor.\u201d<\/p>\n

Akeem has wrestled a handful of times for ROH, sometimes under that name, sometimes as Soleil.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just like, what is this world?\u201d he said. \u201cWhat is this life that I\u2019m living? And it felt so great to not only debut on Ring of Honor. I\u2019ve done that years ago. But to put something that wasso close and personal, Soleil, on Ring of Honor, and then to get see the reception that it got \u2026 I mean in in in some ways it\u2019s better than my WWE debut.\u201d<\/p>\n

After some time in Cirque du Soleil, Akeem made his pro wrestling debut as Reginald Thomas, Carmella\u2019s personal sommelier, on SmackDown in December of 2020. His first match was a loss to Sasha Banks in January of 2021.<\/p>\n


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