For years, Tucker Knight competed in WWE as one-half of Heavy Machinery until his release from the promotion in 2021. Speaking to KPTX, Knight, real name Levi Cooper, reflected on his time as a WWE Superstar.

“It was a cool way to spend my 20s. It was a really special thing to do. I mean, it really is an artform. They [WWE] encompass a ton of stuff. You’re a live-action stunt performer.”

One of Cooper’s favorite perks from his time in WWE is that he was immortalized in action figure form. Though his days in WWE are over, Cooper still owns his action figures which have proven popular with his children.

“These [figures] were the most surreal stuff. Honestly the coolest part is I get to see my kids play with it. They call it ‘Toy Daddy.'”

Cooper’s children would play a huge role in him ultimately leaving pro-wrestling following his WWE release.

“Traveling before I had kids was 95% fun. But after I had my daughter, it became really difficult emotionally. I wasn’t prepared for how difficult that was going to be.”

Today, Cooper is using his amateur wrestling experience as the coach of Skyview High School’s Wrestling team in Vancouver, British Columbia. While his days appearing on WWE programming may be over, the former Superstar is pleased to continue to be an inspiration to youngsters.

For the use of quotes, please give an H/T to SEScoops.

This week’s Monday Night Raw saw the McMahon Family/Triple H promise to shake things up and make their product fresh once again.

Since then, both Raw and SmackDown have been playing a certain video package. The package highlights the NXT superstars that are heading to the main roster.

Although there is still storyline speculation over which brand ‘The Freak’ Lars Sullivan ends up on, an aura of mystery also remains as to where the rest of the chosen superstars will call home.

Except for Heavy Machinery.

Turns out that Tucker Knight and Otis Dozovic will be representing the blue brand going forward as they become a part of WWE SmackDown Live.

Bound For The Blue Brand

Dozovic took to his Twitter account in order to share the news, saying:

“#TUCKy We’re COMINNNNNNN’ to Tuesday Night #SDLive

AAAAASSSSA! #BlueCollarSolid #HeavyMachinery #STEAKSandWEIGHTS #WorkinMansPHD #DOZER”

#TUCKy We’re COMINNNNNNN’ to Tuesday Night #SDLive

AAAAASSSSA!✊🏻 #BlueCollarSolid #HeavyMachinery #STEAKSandWEIGHTS #WorkinMansPHD #DOZER pic.twitter.com/ttM9Budmlc

— OTIS (DOZER) (@otiswwe) December 19, 2018

The other names that have been called up from NXT include Lars Sullivan, Lacey Evans, EC3, Sanity’s Nikki Cross, and Heavy Machinery. They are scheduled to begin main roster duties in January.

It’s interesting that Dozovic has been able to share where they are going, whilst the rest remain quiet on the subject.

Do you think SmackDown Live is the right place for Heavy Machinery? Do you think they’ll thrive on the main roster? Are we looking at future tag team champions?

– WWE has launched a new line of T-shirts that are specifically designed to enhance a women’s figure.

Calling it the “Curvy Collection,” WWE’s new Curvy Fit Women’s T-shirts are “softly shaped to complement a plus-sized woman’s curves – making it perfect for lounging around the house or wearing out on the town.”

The line features Nia Jax, Ronda Rousey, Roman Reigns, Finn Balor, AJ Styles, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, Alexa Bliss and Randy Orton.

Jax reacted to the news with the following:

I’m beyond happy that this is now a thing!! I’m glad we are including all shapes and sizes 😍🙌🏽 https://t.co/GpdHyAlji4

— Lina Fanene (@LinaFanene) July 11, 2018

Video via Nia Jax's Instagram story #CurvyTees #NotLikeMost pic.twitter.com/4yUp0IiftW

— Savelina-Fanene.Com | Fansite (@SavelinaFCom) July 12, 2018

– Former WWE star Chris Nowinski was backstage at Raw on Monday at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. In this Instagram post, he mentions catching up with Natalya.

https://instagram.com/p/BlDZ6njAX8F/

– Tucker Knight is now on Instagram @tuckerknightwwe. The official Instagram account of WWE NXT is following Knight, thus confirming its legitimacy.

https://instagram.com/p/Bk00Ce-ln2t/

• What’s the connection between Lars Sullivan and Brock Lesnar?

– The Undertaker and Michelle McCool are celebrating their sixth wedding anniversary today, which the former WWE Diva acknowledged in a post on Instagram.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BHIY2WTB9bl/

They got married on June 26, 2010, in Houston, Texas.

– NXT wrestler Tucker Knight got married on Saturday in Denton, Texas.

I think it's pretty safe to say that today is the best day of my life pic.twitter.com/8EFw8GcN6p

— Tucker Knight (@TuckerKnightWWE) June 26, 2016

• WWE tag team possibly getting a makeover

– The opening dark match at tonight’s NXT TV tapings from Full Sail University saw Tucker Knight defeat Tough Enough star Patrick Clark.

– The mid-tapings dark match saw Ember Moon (Athena Reese) defeat Total Diva Mandy Rose.

• Full Results From Thursday Night’s NXT TV Tapings From Full Sail

– The new season of Renee Young’s Unfiltered on the WWE Network is now available. The first episode features Roman Reigns, seen below:

– NXT star Tucker Knight recently spoke with The Portland Tribune and commented on the spectacle that is WWE:

“Seeing any athlete doing things the vast majority of society is incapable of doing, that’s just intriguing. Then, with WWE, you combine it with this grandiose production, the fireworks, and it’s even more.”

– Tonight’s new Table for 3 on the WWE Network features Kliq members Scott Hall, Kevin Nash and Sean Waltman.

– Tucker Knight, who was defeated by Baron Corbin on this week’s episode of WWE NXT, came out to former WWE Diva Tori’s theme song for the contest.

– After WWE announced this week that more than 155 hours of Raw from 2002 and 2003 are now available on the WWE Network, episodes of SmackDown from 2000 and 2001 are being added to the service.

– Here is video of Eva Marie being interviewed on the 2016 WWE Hall of Fame red carpet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKg84F2Y7Jc

• Who is Roman Reigns’ wife?

Uhaa Nation and Johnny Gargano wrestled in a dark match that took place prior to the tapings. Uhaa won with a military press followed by two standing moonsaults.

Check back later tonight for full spoiler results from the NXT tapings.

NXT star and former linebacker at the University of Minnesota, Diggs Rawlis, made his in-ring debut at the NXT live event in Tampa, Florida this past Thursday night. Rawlis and his tag-team partner Cal Bishop lost to Shoot Nation’s Angelo Dawkins and Sawyer Fulton.

As noted in the past, the Shoot Nation stable now has five members — leader Chad Gable, Jason Jordan, Tucker Knight and the aforementioned Dawkins and Fulton. It looks as though the two main teams out of the stable will be Dawkins & Fulton and Gable & Jordan.

– WWE Superstars The Usos teased that they will be featured in a new WWE Network special after this coming Monday’s edition of RAW. The Usos wrote the following: “Check out a lil preview on the app for The Usos special!! Tune in Nov. 24 after Raw!! #USOOO”

– The new “Shoot Nation” heel faction in NXT has a new member, as Tucker Knight is now part of the group. Knight was an amateur wrestler at Arizona State University. With his inclusion, the group now consists of Chad Gable, Angelo Dawkins, Jason Jordan, Sawyer Fulton and Knight.