Over the last few months WWE has released a number of Superstars due to budget cuts, and on Saturday the company announced that former Universal Champion Bray Wyatt had been let go.
PWInsider reports that Bray Wyatt’s relationship with Vince McMahon behind the scenes ran very hot and cold at times. It’s also being said that Vince McMahon has given Nick Khan the ability to run things far more than anyone else has been able to, so there was likely less push back when it came to releasing Bray Wyatt and cutting a big money contract.
According to the report WWE President Nick Khan and CFO Kristina Salen have become “obsessed” with cutting costs and making sure there is no red on WWE’s financial ledgers.
John Lauirinaitis was the one who made the call to Bray Wyatt and he was informed that he was being released due to budget cuts. Wyatt did not ask for his release. Stay tuned for more updates as they become available.
[…] It was recently reported that people backstage in WWE were surprised by Bray Wyatt’s WWE release as he was thought to be a “money maker.” It was also reported that his relationship with Vince McMahon had become very hot and cold behind the scenes, and you can get more on that here. […]