Likelihood of WWE Changing Strategy for Future Releases Revealed

WWE has been releasing quite a few talent over the past several months, some of who were shocking, to say the least considering how long they were part of the company. In fact, we now know the likelihood of WWE possibly changing their strategy for releasing talent in the future.

Earlier this year, the likes of Xyon Quinn, Xia Li, Jinder Mahal, Von Wagner and then Cameron Grimes were released from the company but it clearly did not stop there whatsoever.

The company followed this by releasing several talent such as Ezekiel Balogun, Julian Baldi, Trey Bearhill, Emmamaria Diaz—who garnered attention through the WWE Roku Channel series “WWE: Next Gen”—Valentina Feroz, Drew Gulak, Keyshawn Leflore, Darrell Mason, Vlad Pavlenko, and Kiyah Saint.

However, Dijak confirmed that June 28th was his final day under contract with WWE and stated that he wasn’t even informed of his release until the very last minute, which was shocking to fans.

While speaking on Fightful Select’s Q&A podcast, Sean Ross Sapp was asked about Dijak’s release and whether talent not being informed of their release well in advance is the new norm.

Sapp noted that within WWE, many were hoping that Dijak’s release was an anomaly as he was informed of his release in very short order. Sapp added that Drew Gulak was expected to be re-signed before certain developments unfolded, with Gulak being informed well in advance. However, others like Reggie and Sarray were also given advance notice.

On the contrary, Dijak did not receive prior notification and was even engaged in potential contract discussions. This situation has left many within WWE unhappy, hoping it doesn’t become a regular occurrence in the future.

“People in WWE were hoping it’s an anomaly because he was informed in very short order. Drew Gulak was expected to be re-signed before a lot of the stuff unfolded. He was notified [Gulak] well ahead of time from what I understand. Reggie, Scryts, he was notified well ahead of time. Dijak was not. Not only that, he engaged them in potential contract talks so yeah, this is not something a lot of people are happy about and hope it’s not the norm moving forward.”

We will have to wait and see whether the nature of Dijak’s WWE release was simply an anomaly in the end, as that seems to be the likely case considering how the company has dealt with releases before that.

What’s your view on this story regarding WWE releases? Do you feel the system of handling releases might change? Let us know in the comments section below!

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