Shiloh Hill says his viral “Shoeman” series attracted so much concern that Orlando police contacted WWE to check whether he was safe.

Speaking on Busted Open After Dark, the NXT talent explained that his unusual TikTok project had nothing to do with WWE, despite viewers assuming it was part of a wrestling storyline.

The videos featured Hill claiming to have bought shoes from the dark web with apparent bloodstains on them, then testing the marks. As the series gained attention, concerned viewers began contacting police.

Hill recalled how the situation caught a WWE employee by surprise.

“At the time, a lot of people thought that that was a thing I was doing for WWE and funny enough the police contacted WWE. They were like, ‘Hey, we know you’re probably aware of this and it’s probably something for wrestling. We just wanted to make sure that you’re aware,’ and the person who was on the phone with the police at the time was like, ‘What?’ They had no idea what they were talking about, and they were like, ‘No, this is not for WWE’ because it wasn’t for WWE at all.”

According to Hill, the series reached approximately 500 million views in its first three months. He said police were reportedly receiving hundreds of calls a day from people worried about his wellbeing.

“Then they had to reach out to me and make sure I was OK and it’s something that apparently they were getting hundreds of calls a day because that Shoeman series, within the first three months, I believe it did 500 million views, so it had a tremendous amount of viewership throughout the entire world.”

The attention also affected Hill’s life away from the camera. He said his home address was leaked online, contributing to his decision to move.

“That was also part of the reason why I had to move houses was because in the process of that, I got doxxed. My ‘real address’ got leaked onto the dark web and I had to move because I was like, ‘Well, this is really not good.’”

Although the project was separate from his wrestling career, Hill’s account shows how quickly its popularity brought WWE into the situation and created concerns about his privacy.