Last week WWE got the wrestling world talking when the company released a total of 18 Superstars. The mass WWE releases have been a very hot topic over the last few years, and it seems that everyone has an opinion when it comes to WWE letting people go.
Bryan Danielson discussed the recent releases with Ariel Helwani on the MMA Hour, and he noted that he thinks WWE talents should be able to give 90 days notice if they want to leave the company.
“In some ways, I get it. In some ways, I feel like it’s not right. It’s hard because my father-in-law [John Laurinaitis] is head of talent relations and he is the one who has to call them all. One of the things that I’ve always had a hard time with, and I’ve been fired from WWE twice, so I kind of get this; it’s one thing if somebody does something bad.”
“If you’re under contract and you’re not happy with the company, if they can fire you and give you 90 days, you should be able to give them 90 days to be released from your contract. On the flip side, if they’re only firing you because of budget cuts when they’re profitable than ever, I just don’t think that’s right.”
The former WWE Champion also noted that Tony Khan’s approach to parting ways with talent is another thing that made him want to sign with All Elite Wrestling over WWE.
“Profits tend to be the most important things for companies You can even talk to the people within the company. I love Vince McMahon and have learned so much from him, but companies are not people. Corporation are their own people but for whatever reason, even good people make decisions that benefit a company that hurt the people that have worked so hard for the company. That’s hard on me mentally but it’s also the system that has been rewarded financially in the United States.
“I kind of just accepted that that’s what it was, except now I work for AEW. Tony Khan, he’s only let go of three people since the pandemic started and they were all disciplinary reasons. Other people, who are no longer with the company, if he didn’t want them, their contract expired and they weren’t re-signed. That’s how he approaches it. Until I saw that and dealt with that, I always thought (WWE’s way) was unfair, but ‘it’s just the way wrestling is and it works,’ except Tony Khan came in and he doesn’t do that. AEW from a money standpoint makes way less money than WWE. Things like that led me to want to go to AEW as well.”
Bryan Danielson will face Miro in the finals of the AEW World Title Eliminator Tournament at the Full Gear pay-per-view on Saturday, November 13. Stay tuned for updates.
H/T Fightful
