1) Why WWE Released Several Superstars
After Wrestlemania 36, WWE released a lot of Superstars. This included names like Rusev, Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson, and more. On Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer spoke about the releases and provided some details on why some of them were let go by the company.
The first set of names who were cut were guys who had previously complained about their spots or guys who were getting paid too much. Here is what Meltzer said:
“Everyone knew that the list was all the people that complained about money or had not signed the first deal. If FTR, would have stayed, they probably would have gotten cut because they probably would have gotten so much money to stay and when it would have came time for the cuts they would have been [cut]. Mike Bennett, who got a lot of money to stay and then complained about it [and] Rusev who was having a contract dispute. Those were the guys who were cut. Gallows and Anderson didn’t sign the first offer.”
Meltzer also says that some Superstars were released after giving WWE bad publicity over the Saudi Arabia situation (aka the travel issues after Crown Jewel):
“Another thing was that the guys who had given the company bad publicity over Saudi Arabia, which was Rusev and Karl Anderson and Joe Hennig [Curtis Axel], I think. The other one was Andrade but Andrade is in the Flair family so he was safe. There was a lot of bitterness because WWE sees it one way…The reason that there was a problem [with Saudi Arabia] is because guys said there was a problem and everything and there’s all those tweets out there which WWE couldn’t deny and it led to this lawsuit as a matter of fact.”
My Take:
- All I know is WWE has lost a ton of talented people with their releases after Wrestlemania 36. A lot of the people who were let go, we could say that they should have been booked better. WWE can’t push everybody but they do seem to neglect a lot of talent.
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