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WWE announced this afternoon that they have come to terms on a release with the following wrestlers:
- Kurt Angle
- Rusev (Miroslav Barnyashev)
- Drake Maverick (James Curtin)
- Zack Ryder (Matthew Cardona)
- Curt Hawkins (Brian Myers)
- Karl Anderson (Chad Allegra)
- Luke Gallows (Drew Hankinson)
- Heath Slater (Heath Miller)
- Eric Young (Jeremy Fritz)
- Rowan (Joseph Ruud)
- Sarah Logan (Sarah Rowe)
- No Way Jose (Levis Valenzuela)
- Mike Chioda
- Mike Kanellis (Mike Bennett)
- Maria Kanellis
- EC3 (Michael Hutter)
- Aiden English (Matthew Rehwoldt)
- Lio Rush (Lionel Green)
- Primo (Edwin Colon)
- Epico (Orlando Colon Nieves)
The statement concluded: “We wish them all the best in their future endeavors.”
Additional names from behind the scenes are also part of the list of cutbacks:
- Billy Kidman
- Mike Rotunda
- Pat Buck
- Fit Finlay
- Shawn Daivari
- Scott Armstrong
- Shane Helms
- Lance Storm
Some who were cut are tweeting about it…
Thank you All, Rusev out!
— Miro (@RusevBUL) April 15, 2020
I wanted 2 say thank you to the WWE for the time I spent there.I made many new friends and had the opportunity to work with so many talented people. To the Superstars, continue to entertain the WWE Universe as well as you possibly can. They’re the best fans in the world. #itstrue
— Kurt Angle (@RealKurtAngle) April 15, 2020
Thanks everyone for all the great messages. I truly believe that this is just temporary. There are many people in this world in far worse situations than I am, so please don’t worry about me too much. I’ll always be The Hurricane and I’m always just a tweet away. Love you all!
— Hurricane Helms (@ShaneHelmsCom) April 15, 2020
My best to all who, like me, lost their jobs today. To those still on the job, hold down the fort for us. It was my pleasure to work with you all these past 4 month. I hope we will all get a chance to work together again. Stay strong, stay safe.
— Lance Storm (@LanceStorm) April 15, 2020
https://twitter.com/TheCurtHawkins/status/1250489735224623105
https://twitter.com/buckneverstops/status/1250519651655835649
A few names on here I’m surprised that they let go
Looks like aew might get more people? Kurt you probably 100% won’t see this but you were inspiration to me while I was in high school wrestling. Hurricane you had me rolling around laughing at times and I still spin and say HURRRRRRRRRRIIICAANNNEEE!! sucks to see all these wrestlers go hopefully they stick around the industry even with a different company.
AEW is going to be lit 90 days from now.