Tye Dillinger was recently a guest on Edge & Christian’s podcast, E&C’s Pod of Awesomeness. During the interview, he opened up about his decision to leave WWE.
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Dillinger revealed that he turned down a big raise and explained how it all went down.
Here is what Dillinger said (h/t to Sportskeeda for the quotes below):
“I walked in and said to talent relations at the time that I needed to go. They said, ‘Well, we’re about to offer you a pretty substantial raise’ and I just kind of put my hands up. Now, I’m by no means a millionaire, I’m not even close, I’ve been very lucky, I have everything I could possibly need… I wouldn’t have that without WWE. But for me personally, this wasn’t about the money, so I didn’t even let him get the offer out of his mouth.
Later I found out what it was, a couple of weeks later, but I just said it wouldn’t change anything tomorrow morning when I wake up, I’m still going to feel the same way that I do right now, that I have for the last six months.”
Dillinger will be wrestling as Shawn Spears on the independent scene.
On a related note, check out the latest on Luke Harper’s request from WWE.