So today we’ll be diving into yet again another shocking wave of WWE releases and
a few other issues
So let’s get into the obvious news that everyone has been talking about over the last
24 hours and that’s the new list of superstars that have been fired and released from WWE
Let’s quickly go down this list because this is almost as shocking as the last wave
of released superstars from not too long ago
WWE took to twitter to officially confirm the releases of:
Braun Strowman, Lana, Ruby Riott, Aleister Black, Santana Garrett, and Murphy
A lot of fans and even the other superstars backstage have barely recovered from the first
wave of releases that happened just a few weeks ago and now another wave has hit
The last wave of released superstars, minus Billie Kay and a few other, were most talent
that they weren’t using and had no plans for
But this list of released superstars right here is full of talent that they were actively
using, which makes the situation even more bizarre
Braun Strowman was just involved in the main event title picture for the WWE championships
just a few weeks ago at Backlash, now he’s gone
Then you have lana.
Everyone has been praising Lana for her hard work to improve in the ring.
Natalya has even talked about how wrestling is Lana’s passion and how she always wants
to train with her
Lana was just on raw this week and had a tag team going with Naomi with a long time
They seemed to be hanging around the title picture and now Lana is let go
That brings us to Ruby Riott.
WWE originally had plans for Ruby Riott
They gave ruby her own faction with Sarah Logan and Liv Morgan, which was known as The
Riott Squad
These three became the closest of friends, they even have their debut date tattooed on
them
The Riott Squad took a big hit when Sarah Logan was released in 2020
Ruby and Liv kept the Riott Squad going and they seemed like great candidates to be the
next tag team champions
Natalya even talked about this recently where she said that she felt a bit guilty about
winning the tag titles with Tamina because she felt like Liv and Ruby deserved it more
Everyone sort of assumed that Liv and ruby would be the next tag team champions, but
obviously that can’t happen now
Of course you have to feel for Liv Morgan as well.
Now the last remaining member of the Riott Squad
She lost both of her best friends and is now left alone.
So what’s going through her head
Reports when the Riott squad first debuted always claimed that Liv Morgan was WWE’s
favorite to be the real breakout star of the group
But nowadays with what we’re seeing, it feels like no one is safe from being cut from
the company
Murphy’s release is not much of a surprise
He was extremely frustrated, they didn’t have any intentions of using him again, so
it looks like both sides are possibly happy with that
That brings us to the most surprise name of the list and that is of course Aleister Black
Another perfect example of no one being safe and an example of them giving up extremely
fast
A lot of fans expected Aleister Black to be a part of the first wave of released superstars
from a few weeks ago
But when he wasn’t released, fans were relieved that he survived the cuts
It was then being reported that he was being repackaged, filming content for his return,
and they had big plans for him again
We started seeing these little stories and animations from Aleister Black about the new
dark father character and his backstory
Those animation stories went on for a few weeks and led up to his return
Aleister Black actually got a big returning moment just two weeks ago where he attacked
Big E in the closing moments of Smackdown to make his return
That was his first appearance since October
Aleister Black’s Return was followed up with nothing on Smackdown that following week
and fans began to worry
Reports claimed that it was because Big E wasn’t at the show, but it looks we got
the real reason now and that’s the fact that they wanted to scrap everything with
Aleister Black literally 7 days after his return
Aleister Black took to twitter to share his reaction and said this was unexpected, he
had this to say:
“Im gathering my thoughts as this was a complete left field for me as obviously we
just started the dark father character but this was it, thank you so much WWE universe
for allowing me to create and give you small bits of myself.”
It’s crazy to just see the weeks they spent building up his return.
Obviously all the money they spent on those animations for the dark father story
The fact that they actually had him return to WWE programming then turn around a few
days later and not only scrap his return plans, but completely release him as well
It just really makes you wonder what are you dealing with here?
What’s going on?
Similar to the last wave, how does this make the locker-room feel as well?
The superstars that are left
Superstars are having their tag partners and best friends pulled from them out of no where
when they were just on TV together last week
If you’re a member of the locker-room that’s just sitting around doing nothing right now
and you’re seeing all these superstars like Aleister Black getting released, you’re
probably wondering to yourself if you’re next
That’s how scary it seems like right now.
No one is safe at all.
Only individuals that are safe from being released at this point is probably the current
champions and that’s about it
If these last two waves have taught us something, it’s that anyone can be released no matter
what and it’s a bit scary
Another big problem that we should definitely feel as a result of these releases is an even
more depleted women’s tag team division
Everyone was talking about how the women’s tag team division was filled with infinite
rematches
Well things just got more rough because as a result of these releases, two tag teams
have been lost in the women’s tag team division
Lana and Naomi are done and The Riott Squad is over as well
So the women’s tag team division was already starting to get depleted, but now it really
is depleted
Riott Squad was the main contenders on Smackdown, but with that team being gone now, who does
Tamina and Natalya face on Smackdown?
There’s literally no team left on Smackdown
As far as raw goes, they’re down to just Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke now.
Nia Jax and Shayna are on the verge of splitting as well, so they’re gone.
So if WWE is aware of that issue, we should start to see some more tag teams being formed
in the women’s tag team division
Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke are number one contenders by default because there’s no
one else
So with WWE bringing those two tag teams to an end, you leave a big gaping hole in that
women’s tag team division
Of course you had that report from a few weeks ago that claimed WWE was looking at Alexa
Bliss and Lilly as possible candidates to become the next women’s tag team champions
So do they revert to that idea after they just depleted their women’s tag team division?
Who knows?
but the women’s tag team division definitely took the biggest hit from this wave of releases
These releases are always sad, always makes you wonder what could’ve been
Like with Aleister Black for example.
Who knows if that Dark Father character could’ve been a hit, but they didn’t even give it
a chance at all
Not even a small test run or anything, just gave up before it started
Of course, Raw losing Strowman and Lana is huge as well.
Raw is already struggling and has been in shambles for a long time now, so any time
they lose talent, it’s a big hit
But what are your thoughts on this massive wave of WWE releases?
How are you feeling about it?
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