It’s certainly not uncommon for WWE Superstars to get released, and back in 2014 the company decided to part ways with Drew McIntyre. Ultimately Drew McIntyre ended up returning to WWE in 2017, and he has since become one of the top stars on the roster.
Recently the former WWE Champion talked about his release on the WAFFLIN’ podcast, and he shared some insight regarding why the company let him go in the first place.
“There’s a lot of people behind my back with envy, jealousy, ‘Why not me?’, backtalking me, stabbing me in the back, and creating that negative opinion of me which was not helping me.”
“I’d encouraged it I guess at times with my nights out and having a good old time, and my personal life. My mother got sick during that time, and then I really went off the deep end with burning the candle at both ends, and when she passed, I was just an absolute nightmare.”
“I definitely wouldn’t have trusted myself to be in a prominent role in a giant publicly traded company like WWE. And eventually it got to the point where it was clear from their side, but from both sides, that I had to go away.”
H/T WrestleTalk.com