The Great WWE Purge Continues...Spring Cleaning '24

[packerbacker180]

Bro, apparently Matt Riddle has been released as well, bro.

[BrandonDaCollector]

Actually I'm surprised about Matt Riddle. The plebeians love him but WWE has never looked at who the people like and don't and think whether it draws ratings or not which IMO is a big mistake. they just do it no matter what the consequences are

[packerbacker180]

I never really cared for Riddle and his bro schtick. I always found it annoying. I liked some of his stuff with Orton, but once Randy was hurt it was over. It's funny he got fired when Orton is supposedly close to returning. But I wonder if it has to do more with the drugs than anything, especially with them being connected to the UFC now. But that's just speculation on my part.

[BrandonDaCollector]

You could be right there. yeah, I like Riddle but he can be really annoying with his silly stuff. Well its shame that Top Dolla was released. I wanted Hit Row to go somewhere but they kept on losing. I hope they don't release B-Fab, they really got something special with her so I hope they use her right especially since she has a Latino heritage too

[packerbacker180]

A new round of cuts happened recently...

Jinder Mahal, Xia Li, Veer, Sanga, and Xyon Quinn as well as Cameron Grimes and Von Wagner.

[BrandonDaCollector]

I'm very disappointed in all of this. I loved Mahal as heel champion, he was so great and his fellow countrymen of Indus Sher. They should have gone much further. Xyon Quinn was like an ultimate fighter and reminded Me of Batista. He could have joined the Bloodline. This is so disappointing That's a shame about Cameron Grimes. He had such a great build up in NXT, when he made it to the main roster he got nothing at all, the fans weren't that big on him there which is pathetic. That's one of the reasons why I like NXT and it's crowd. Their more local & loyal. I'm surprised about Von Wagner, I guess Mr. Stone will be released too cause they built a big story with him and Wagner Gosh, what a darn shame that they released Xia Li, this is arguably the worst release of the bunch. She is a total package. She had such a great thing going for her but every time I'd see her on SmackDown LowDown she get's pinned and I'm like darn, is all she does is loses Since this age is unable to be creative and have jobbers & enhancement talent like in the 80s & 90s this is WWE's way of having a loser...yeah just bring up great talent from NXT and make them jobbers and waste them Once in a blue moon there's a local guy or gal in NXT to lose against an up and comer or a return such as Shawn Spears in recent times.

Still even in the "new HHH Era" they still don't see the potential among other things in their talent, WWE has really been doing some International tours, many of these are from other countries. It's so amazing how they still have no clue how use Chinese talent

I dread it when Trick Williams makes it to the main roster because he's arguably the biggest babyface in the company, he get's such huge reactions from the crowd. I'm afraid when the crowd sees him their gonna be like who is this guy. Now imagine how it would be if everybody would watch NXT and the main roster stuff...it would be such a major difference then, you'd have anticipation of when are they going to be called up but unfortunately that isn't the case here It took forever for LA Knight to get his popularity going I mean honesty I thought he was going nowhere. I would love a bout between the two or even teaming up and the crowd chanting...Whoop That Trick...Yeah Whoop That Trick...Yeah Whoop That Trick...Yeah Oh I can hear it now

[packerbacker180]

Cameron Grimes was ok. Didn't do much for me when he was Trevor Lee in TNA. The rest I know names but not really familiar with them besides Jinder. Don't hinder the Jinder. I liked Jinder. He was everything you'd want from a 'foreign' heel, and he didn't mind playing comedy. But he might be better off elsewhere. Sometimes people get stale if they stay around too long. WWE and AEW are so bloated anyway. I could see Jinder being a force in TNA or Japan if he chose to do so. It is weird that WWE was always about foreign markets, especially India, and the majority of these releases are Eastern Hemisphere. Who knows, maybe the Saudis told them to cut ties with India, lol. If Vince were still in charge, I could see that.

[BrandonDaCollector]

Yeah, I see where your coming from PB. Hopefully Mahal will be a success elsewhere. Veer & Sanga might follow, their good too and who knows, that might have happen with Saudi...you never know

[packerbacker180]

WWE made some releases over the weekend. Not really many big surprises except for maybe Sonya Deville. And she's apparently the only one who doesn't have a 90 noncompete since her contract was not renewed. The list includes:

-Duke Hudson-Cedric Alexander-Akam-Rezar-Paul Ellering-Sonya Deville-Blair Davenport-Isla Dawn-Karl Anderson-Luke Gallows-Giovanni Vinci-Elektra Lopez.

[BrandonDaCollector]

This is bad. Sonya DeVille was a good one. On the mic and in the ring. She founded the Pure Fusion Collective. This group originally started with Shayna Baszler & Zoey Stark as a dominate team then DeVille became their leader when she returned. They had some good moments in the Royal Rumble but it was very bitter-sweet how they got eliminated however. DeVille is deceivingly hot and should have been way more in WWE than what she was. They released her before so she may come back later it's just that her group was darn cool, one of the coolest women groups to come around in some time.

Duke Hudson. What a shame there. They completely ended Chase University in NXT which was a huge babyface faction. It was a bummer about this because Chase U was there since NXT 2.0 began. Hudson was very loyal to the group but when he got beat up by Ridge Holland and then Andre Chase lost the stipulation that ended Chase U it's like where does Hudson go from here now Well, limbo is where now

Cedric Alexander was being good on NXT. He joined Je'Von Evans as a mentor. These two generations are so different from each other. When Ethan Page severely shockingly injured them, it became a big story. Shame Alexander isn't going to continue this.

The AOP is a huge shame. Seems like WWE never has a clue how to use them. Really, is it that hard They should be an unstoppable team with a legendary manager until some really good team comes along that is underdogs like #DIY but no, that's not how it was

Blair had major potential. She was one of the many that left AEW for WWE. You may remember her as Bea Priestley. The thing is, once they get to the main roster from NXT, it's always a different story Either people don't nown because they don't watch NXT or the fans do and know them a lot then the talent is treated like noobs and so forth. Thank goodness there was some lucky ones like Rhea Ripely & Bron Breaker. That's one of the reason why I've always said, NXT is way funner than the main and to watch it more, it's been like that since day one basically.

Isla Dawn is really a big one She was there since the beginning of NXT UK. She's part of the Unholy Union with Alba Fyre (Kayleigh Rae) which they made a big impact. It's like what the heck with her release

I'm not surprised about the Good Brothers really even though AJ Styles returned at the Rumble. They made their return in NXT which is where you'd think they would have originally appeared the first time. They made a big presence in NXT but really went nowhere. They'll probably go back to Japan again.

Gosh, shame about Vinci. Since Imperium betrayed & dumped him, he was trying to be like how he was in NXT but it didn't work. He's very talented and has such great athleticism

Oh wow, Elektra Lopez. She was really coming up. She was great in NXT. She really had a hot look & entrance but once she got to the main roster and joined Phantasma, it was up in the air whether she was a bodyguard or a competitor. Seemed like she was just stuck there Hopefully she make it good elsewhere

Thanks for the news Packer