I think most people would've thought Hornswoggle & Zeb Colter were gone already. Riley has been doing an anti-indie guys in NXT bit on Twitter for months, and it wasn't totally clear if he was doing a gimmick or he was just insane. I tend to believe he was just insane.
I think most people would've thought Hornswoggle & Zeb Colter were gone already. Riley has been doing an anti-indie guys in NXT bit on Twitter for months, and it wasn't totally clear if he was doing a gimmick or he was just insane. I tend to believe he was just insane.
There's probably more people to come.
(edited by thecubsfan on 6.5.16 1032)
Hornswoggle hasn't been on TV in at least a year... I wouldn't be surprised if El Torito is gone too.
Wow - Riley's last TV match will be with Nakamura on NXT!
Let the Otunga Watch begin...he's been the New JTG for a while now.
Sandow got over big twice and they pulled the plug for some reason and he deserved much better. He would be a great hire for any company. I suspect Dutch signs on with Global Force, he's close to Jarrett.
Right after Alberto came back to WWE, but when he still had a date left for Puerto Rico's WWC, "Zeb Colter" did a promo for Alberto's match from the WWE lockerroom, though he was strangely referring to himself as Dutch.
Dutch had booked WWC for years and I wouldn't be surprised for him to end up back there, even just for a short time. He seemed like a guy who could've had a role coaching promos in NXT - maybe he turned it down because he had other options he'd like better.
We knew Wade was going and there was a good chance that Sandow would go but it is still a shame to see. I saw that Sandow changed his Twitter account to his real name recently which was a pretty big clue. I expect Santino, Torito and Hornswoggle will miss the easy money from sitting at home, but they all make sense. Will there be more to come...?
I'm excited for Sandow's future. He was being wasted by the WWE and he could probably do well outside of wrestling.
Hornswoggle likely has other outlets as well, and has been wasted for years.
We knew Wade Barrett was on the way out. I'm glad to see he was able to get an early release.
According to Wikipedia, Cameron has multiple degrees and experience working as a therapist for autistic children, so imagine she'll do just fine in life.
Dutch has been in the business for over 40 years and likely will continue to be until he dies.
Santino already has a successful business going. I assume he was still on the payroll to avoid a lawsuit over his injury.
El Torito will presumably be welcomed back to Mexico.
Alex Riley is probably the hardest hit by being cut. Hopefully he ends up somewhere that just lets him cut loose.
For the record, Kyle Edwards was released a few days ago as well.
On one hand, I'm sad that (for whatever reason) they never did anything with Sandow. He had a real connection with the audience, a completely intangible trait. Like Enzo says, you can't teach that. On the other, objectively speaking, he was pretty mediocre in the ring from what I remember. But that opinion was mostly formed watching him do Miz's moves, which he was awful at. There was no flow or crispness, it looked like he was (poorly) going through the motions. Either way, I don't hate the guy. I hope he catches on somewhere (Japan/RoH/LU preferably) and comes back in a few years and completely rocks people's faces off.
Both Sandow and Barrett were given absolute garbage on a regular basis. Im not sure if it was as a rib, some kind of backstage politics or what, but they managed to get the garbage they were given over way more than it had any right to be every time.
How you release Wade Barrett without giving him some kind of trial run as a manager, Xavier Woods type extra member or color commentator befuddles me. For whatever reason this company decided they never wanted him to succeed.
Oddly enough, I'd say World Class may have peaked because of David's death, the first Parade of Champions in Texas Stadium, when Kerry beat Flair and the Von Erichs beat the Freebirds in a six-man match.