Summary

Mideon, also known as Phineas I. Godwinn, said he moved into the culinary world after his WWE run ended in 2001. He explained that after years in WCW and WWE, he did not want to return to smaller wrestling venues and instead pursued food work, leaning on his family background.

Mideon originally signed with WWE in 1996 and first appeared as part of The Godwinns alongside on-screen brother Henry O. Godwinn.

Mideon’s post-WWE career shift from wrestling to kitchens

Mideon’s account shows a full career pivot rather than a temporary side project, because he chose restaurant training over a wrestling comeback path after his release. His comments also frame the transition as hands-on apprenticeship work that led to experience with high-profile chefs.

Quote from Mideon

"After I left WWE, I did a couple of things, and I was like, ‘I don’t want to go from where I’ve been for the last 18 years to back to this.’ We were in WCW and WWE, so I didn’t like the little places. I was like, ‘I have this background. My family’s in food and everything like that. I’m just going to give this a shot.’ I found the fanciest restaurant in town. [I] walked in and talked to the chef. I was going to go to cooking school and he said, ‘Just stay here with me and be my slave and I’ll teach you everything.’ He was an instructor at the Le Cordon Bleu Paris. So it worked out great. I worked with Bobby Flay, I worked with Wolfgang [Puck], I worked with Emeril [Lagasse], [inaudible], a bunch of people."

Sources

As reported by Fightful.