text: Backstage producer (2020–2022, 2022–2023) On March 31, 2021, in a video released on the WWE Performance Center's YouTube channel entitled "Brian Kendrick: Life After Wrestling", Kendrick announced that his match on October 30, 2020, would be his semi-retirement match as he would be transitioning to a backstage producer role and that he would only wrestle part-time. On the December 14 episode of NXT 2.0, Kendrick was involved in an angle where he was thrown down a flight of stairs by Harland after trying to escort him out of the arena. On the December 21 episode of NXT 2.0, Kendrick announced that he had resigned as a coach and would make his in-ring return against Harland. However, the match never took place as scheduled and on January 25, 2022, it was reported that Kendrick had asked for his release from the company, which was granted six days later on February 1.
  In November 2022, he briefly returned to produce Ronda Rousey's match at Survivor Series WarGames with Ronda having specifically requested he produce her match. He made another brief return on May 6, 2023, in which he co-produced Bad Bunny's match at Backlash. He was requested to do so as he was the one who had produced Bunny's match at Wrestlemania 37 and as such Bunny was used to working with him.
  Cancelled All Elite Wrestling appearance (2022)
  On the same day he was granted his WWE release on February 1, 2022, it was announced that Kendrick would make his All Elite Wrestling debut on the February 2 episode of AEW Dynamite, where he would face Jon Moxley. The match was pulled from the card, however, when Tony Khan was made aware of controversial comments made by Kendrick in the past. Kendrick would be released from AEW in May 2022, never having made his debut.
  Personal life
  Kendrick has been married to Tough Enough finalist Taylor Matheny since August 2008.