WWE Fans Sound off After Mass Firings
04/15/2021 04:12 pm EDT
The veterans released from the WWE this year have all been with the company for years. Samoa Joe joined the WWE in 2015 and recently transitioned to color commentator after a series of injuries. Billie Kay and Peyton Royce were a tag team, first debuting together on NXT television in 2016. Mickie James made her WWE debut in 2005 and is a nine-time Women's World Champion.
Tucker signed with the WWE in 2013, while Chelsea Greene made early appearances with the WWE back in 2014 before joining NXT in 2018. Kalisto is a two-time WWE U.S. Championship winner and signed with the WWE in 2013. Bo Dallas is a third-generation pro wrestler who joined the WWE in 2008. Wesley Blake signed with the WWE in 2013.
"Yall broke up this tag team. What came out of it?" one frustrated fan wrote. "Billie being released. Peyton being put into a nonsensical tag team with Lacey Evans for it to get nowhere. They broke up this tag team for no reason and nothing good came out of it. This is so sad."
"Same with Tucker. Broke up a popular team just to end up releasing him. Totally mismanaged the Iconics," another noted.
"What the f— is wrong with this company," one fan bluntly wrote. "What are you doing WWE... Peyton Royce Billie Kay Mickie James Samoa Joe . All one of the best in the roster [has] been released," another wrote.
"Velveteen Dream, Matt Riddle, Jordan Devlin, and Jaxson Ryker are still employed by your company but you guys release people who are legitimately over. What the f— is wrong with y'all," one fan complained. "IMAGINE having Samoa Joe on your roster and letting him go! What a waste," another wrote.
"They just used Samoa Joe on television literally at Wrestlemania, I know it's their spring cleaning and the other ones don't surprise me too much or at all but goddamn Joe, Billie, and James really?? It's not bad I know they'll be put on other programs but they were just on TV," one longtime fan wrote. "Samoa Joe, one of the best in-ring talents of his generation has been released by WWE, yet so many less talent wrestlers are employed by the company," another noted.
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