WWE Releases a ton of Talent/AEW's Jon Moxley Checks Into Rehab/Other Wrestling News
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- B/R Wrestling (@BRWrestling) November 4, 2021
After the WWE annouces that their 256 million dollar revenue for the quarter, they released a BUNCH of wrestlers claiming "budget reasons"
Frankie Monet, Ember Moon, Jessi Kamea, Katrina Cortez, Jeet Rama, Oney Lorcan, Trey Baxter, Zayda Ramier, Scarlett, B-Fab, Gran Metalik, Lince Dorado, Karrion Kross, Harry Smith, Nia Jax, Eva Marie, Keith Lee, and Mia Yim all were realeased due to budget cuts.
HOWEVER there are reports that a few of them were cut due to not being vaccinated.
Spoke to a source regarding the WWE roster cuts.
It’s believed that possibly 4 individuals were released due to not being vaccinated. https://t.co/WMU8YwkGV2
- Andrew Zarian (@AndrewZarian) November 5, 2021
For those of you who don't know wrestling beyond The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin and Hulk Hogan, a huge surprise was the release of Nia Jax (who happens to be related to The Rock). Sources are saying that her release is due to her not getting vaccinated. Rumors are saying that Eva Marie, Karrion Kross, and Scarlett are also not vacccinated again COVID-19. Imagine fumbling a WWE paycheck becuse you don't want to get a vaccine. Couldn't be me.
And Speaking of releasing a bunch of talent, indie promotion Ring of Honor is realeasing their whole roster at the end of the year. They said they're restructuring the company. Something to note, however is that they kept everyone fully contracted and paid even though they had no live events during the fiirst 18 months of the pandemic.
Ring of Honor plans to release everyone's contracts effective at the end of the year amid company restructuring, per @davemeltzerWON pic.twitter.com/PJyaOA0imr
- B/R Wrestling (@BRWrestling) October 27, 2021
On the Same day of his book release, Mox. (That I hear is an incredible read). Jon Moxley (formerly known as Dean Ambrose in the WWE) enters an inpatient alcohol treatment program. He and his wife, Renee Paquette (Renee Young in the WWE) welcomed a baby girl recently and just announced that they've moved to Ohio (Jon's hometown) from Las Vegas.
Jon Moxley has allowed me to share with you that he is entering an inpatient alcohol treatment program. Jon is a beloved member of the AEW family. We all stand with him and Renee, and all of his family and friends, as he shifts his focus to recovery.
- Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) November 3, 2021
In Chris Jericho is a fucking asshole news. Samuray Del Sol (fka Kalisto) wrestled for the first time in AEW for the AAA (Mexican promotion) tag championship belts. Del Sol tweeted that he prayed and spoke to Jon Huber (Brodie Lee) but misspelled his name. Jon passed away suddently last year and has basically been canonized in AEW so it's not a surprise someone would pay respects to the man but apparently Chris Jericho is the Brodie Lee gatekeeper.
You spelled his name wrong. https://t.co/5xMymtqfzd
- Chris Jericho (@IAmJericho) November 4, 2021
My emotions got the best of me carnal 🙏🏼👊🏽😎 https://t.co/PFVpN7ZGrR
- Samuray Del Sol® “Manny $” (@gloat) November 4, 2021
Is there backstage beef between Jericho and Del Sol? Maybe. Has Jericho corrected other people who misspell Jon Huber's name? Not that I recall (Twitter has pointed out that Miro has misspelled Brodie's name multiple times). But it's NOT difficult to think that Jericho's gatekeeping is some sort of microagression. After all, Chris Jericho has invited Donald Trump Jr on his podcast:
It's disappointing that Chris Jericho let Donald Trump Jr go on his podcast and lie with impunity like this pic.twitter.com/yPtcmPhJc7
- Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 13, 2019
And married this person:
Fans Call Out Chris Jericho's Wife For Being In Washington DC On Day Of Capitol Insurrectionhttps://t.co/eIxXpSPiTb
- PWStream (@PWStream) February 16, 2021
So, you know, not a giant leap to make.
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