Miro Reveals Why He Asked To Be Released From WWE In 2017

For years wrestling fans knew Miro as Rusev, but earlier this year he was released from his WWE contract due to coronavirus related budget cuts.

He has since gone on to join the All Elite Wrestling roster, and he recently spoke to Chris Jericho about his WWE run on Talk Is Jericho.

During the episode Miro revealed that he asked to be released from his contract in 2017, and that the conversation he had about his release leaked the next day, despite the fact that he only talked to one person.

“Well, I did ask. About three years ago, I did ask. Because it was another situation where I was just unhappy. And I talked to one person, the next day that conversation was on the dirt sheets. It was really like who do you go to? Who do you turn to when you’re down, when you need advice, when you need someone to be like ‘hey man you’ll be okay.’ You have nobody because they’re all stooges. Somehow it always leaks out, you just don’t feel safe. If you don’t feel safe, you don’t know where to turn to then you are naked out there.

Thank god I have my wife and she has me and when I’m distressed there’s that back and forth but at the end of the day you need somebody where you can be like ‘hey this is not okay, who can I talk to?’ There’s nobody.”

Miro debuted with AEW back in September, and he’s currently aligned with Kip Sabian and Penelope Ford.

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