WWE Releases A Ton Of Wrestlers, Plus Others
Spring cleaning is here.Kurt Angle (The biggest name of all)
Drake Maverick (He was just a boss and occasional wrestler, though his comments on the release are heartbreaking)
Curt Hawkins (Fair enough)
Luke Gallows/Karl Anderson (They’re the biggest surprises)
Heath Slater (You had to know this was coming)
Eric Young (He never caught on so this isn’t a big shock)
Rowan (That spider thing was death)
Sarah Logan (She never did anything on the main roster)
Mike Chioda (He was around FOREVER)
Mike Kanellis (It was Maria’s world and I think he knew it)
EC3 (For the life of me I will never get how they let him just sit there)
Aiden English (Not much of a shock)
Lio Rush (He was finding his calling but dang that’s a fast fall from grace)
Epico/Primo (Yeah I thought they were already gone too)
Plus a ton of agents being released/furloughed. This is a rather nutty day and I’m sure there are going to be even more releases coming throughout the day. That’s a good thing in a way as a lot of these people have been sitting around doing nothing for months. I never saw why WWE needed this many people in the first place so cleaning out a lot of the space is a smart move, though not the best news for the wrestlers. It had to happen though and while unfortunate, it makes business sense.
Give them health insurance and since Vince deemed it essential some Life as well please. Jesus he treats them like circus animals
A good number of these are just layoffs till the pandemic is done. It could go into 2021 so laying off employees till things get back to normal is a logical step, especially with less money coming in.
4 NXT names too including Deonna Purazzo.
Gallows and Anderson were the biggest surprises for me since they had resigned to stay last year. I think once all this blows over a good bit of them will be brought back.
Zack Ryder, No Way Jose and Rusev are all confirmed as well.
Apparently Rhea Ripley has removed all references to WWE from her profile, which seems worrying.
Maverick posted a video on his Twitter and it’s absolutely heartbreaking. You never want to see people lose their jobs when they’ve done nothing wrong. I’m sure most of the guys and girls will have no problem catching on when (if) things return to some type of normal. I wish them all the best.