What’s going on guys and welcome back to wrestling world!
We currently have a big development going on and that’s the fact that wwe has lifted
the locker room freeze and is finally starting to release superstars again
So why is this so significant?
Well In years past, wwe would always do what they called a “spring locker room cleaning”
This happened at around the mid point of ever year and wwe would just release talent that
they’re no longer using or serving no purpose to them
Superstars would always be let go around this time and many lower card stars feared for
their jobs around this time of year
But the whole vibe of the locker room has changed within the last year or so
Wwe superstars are actually begging and pleading to be released now but wwe were the ones that
were saying no
Wwe put the locker room in a whole shut down state where no one gets released because they
feared that their released talent would go over and help AEW
AEW doesn’t want their whole locker room to consist of former wwe stars, but they already
have a few former wwe stars such as Chris Jericho and Jon Moxley, that are really playing
a huge role in the company
And the rumor was that wwe didn’t want that situation to happen again, where they let
a superstar walk out and it turns out to really bite them
That was the situation with Jericho, they couldn’t come to agreement on a new contract
so Wwe let him walk and now Jericho is one of the biggest attractions for AEW
Randy Orton, who had an expiring contract in early 2020, teased the idea of going to
AEW, but it was just a strategy he used to get himself a bigger wwe contract and it absolutely
worked
Orton received a massive contract extension just because he was playing around with the
idea of going to AEW
So the fact of AEW just existing is really helping with the contract negotiations of
wwe superstars
So with this locker room shut down, wwe was doing everything in their power to make sure
Superstars couldn’t leave
If you were injured for let’s say 4 months, wwe started adding those 4 months onto the
end of a superstar’s contract as “inactive time”
Basically if you were injured, they’re going to take whatever time you missed and tag it
onto the end of your contract
That’s what happened with Luke Harper who publicly and Polity asked for his release
and in return wwe added on a few months to his contract
That’s when Harper started to lose his cool and started posting frequent sarcastic posts
about how “happy” he is in wwe
Harper also tweeted out that wwe tried to fine him for cursing but when other nxt guys
do it, it’s ok, but he later deleted that post
So there was quite a lot going on there
Then of course sin cara made headlines when he requested his release a few weeks ago
At this point in his career, sin cara was just being used as an enchantment talent to
put over upcoming young superstars
Looks like that finally got to him and he wanted out and to return to Mexico to finish
his career there
This of course isn’t the original sin cara, wwe signed mistico to originally play sin
cara, but when mistico had a fallout with wwe, the character was then given to hunico
What’s interesting about the sin cara character is that wwe very well still may own the rights.
Mistico and wwe had a legal battle for the rights for the “sin cara” character
Mistico’s argument was that the character has his look and even uses his backstory,
but wwe said that the “sin cara” name and character was their creation and wwe ended
up winning that legal battle
That’s why they were able to continue using the character without the wrestler who originally
portrayed him
So it’ll be interesting to see if history will repeat itself here, will wwe continue
to keep the sin cara character around, just with another wrestler portraying him this
time around?
Sin cara is still a fan favorite and a highly popular superstar in WWE’s make a wish program,
so you have to assume that wwe is planning something to keep some image of that character
still around
And the last of this group of superstars that were released was the ascension
The ascension were absolute monsters in NXT and just dominated the brand back in the day,
but ever since they came to the main roster wwe has done absolutely nothing with them
The talent is definitely there with these superstars, we know that, but wwe couldn’t
come up with anything for them to work with so they were granted their release too
The feeling backstage is that everyone is happy, these superstars aren’t shocked or
disappointed that they were all released, this is something that they all wanted for
months so they’re all jumping for joy at this point
So why wwe released these superstars?
Wwe will now release superstars that they see as no threat and won’t make an impact
on AEW
Sin cara is going to Mexico so wwe isn’t worried about him, but it looks like wwe is
implying that Harper and the ascension won’t be huge pick ups for AEW and that might be
a huge mistake
That’s why wwe released those stars but didn’t release the revival or Mike Kanellis
because they see them as a much bigger threat if they joined AEW
So don’t get your hopes up for every superstar being granted their release, it’s looking
like wwe will be doing very selected releases going forward
These superstars are on a 90 day no compete clause as well, so they can’t wrestle for
any promotions until mid March 2020
What are your thoughts on this situation?
Thanks for watching guys!