How Long WWE Has Been Sending Released Superstars Their Belongings Via Trash Bags

WWE fired Mark Carrano yesterday when it was discovered that he approved sending Mickie James’ belongings back to her in a trash bag. James wasn’t the only person who received this type of treatment.

Maria Kanellis spoke up and said the same thing happened to her with her release last year. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that this is a practice that has been going on for “more than a decade.”

One former female Superstar explained why their belongings are left on WWE property when they have to leave. They simply have so much stuff and it’s easier to leave it at the venue sometimes.

“We have drawers that travel as well (as bringing stuff from home to the shows. So we leave little things we may need from week-to-week, our gear, makeup, shoes etc. We take our gear bag home, but a lot of people have heavy gear that is easier to leave at the venue.”

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Another talent informed the Observer Newsletter that: “Talent who is let go, if anything of theirs is left behind at arenas, it’s boxed up and sent back to their homes. I don’t think sending it in a garbage bag was to be mean. It was done in a way that was just like stuff in a bag, put it in a box and get it back to them.”

This was obviously an act that was interpreted as disrespectful at the end of the day. Now Mark Carrano is no longer with WWE as a result of this practice coming out in the open.

Carrano was immediately fired when they found he either sent or authorized sending the package.