WWE Releases Drew Gulak & Several More NXT Superstars

[Kemo]

WWE executed another round of cuts today, and this time the NXT brand saw those releases.

Darrell Mason, Vlad Pavlenko, Ezekiel Balogun, Kiyah Saint, Emma Diaz, Valentina Feroz, Keyshawn Leflore, Trey Bearhill, and Julian Baldi were released from WWE. Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful was the first to report those cuts.

The company also fired Drew Gulak, per PW Insider. He was called out by Ronda Rousey for touching the string of her sweatsuit not too long ago. He hadn't appeared on WWE television since she name-dropped him in that negative light, as his absence was explained in a creative angle.

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WWE has also cut several notable names in recent memory. Cameron Grimes, Xia Li, Xyon Quin, Jinder Mahal, Sanaga, Veer Mahaan, and Von Wagner were all released in April.

The company's Chief Operations Officer, Brad Blum, also decided to depart from the company. He tendered his resignation on May 1.

[LionDen]

Well, I thought TKO wanted NXT to be a proper third brand for WWE. This could be the start of that and maybe bring bigger stars in or maybe they let all these people go to make up for the money of the new contracts of the big stars that were just signed. lol

[Kemo]

Well, I thought TKO wanted NXT to be a proper third brand for WWE. This could be the start of that and maybe bring bigger stars in or maybe they let all these people go to make up for the money of the new contracts of the big stars that were just signed. lol

Drew was the only name worth mentioning. I guess they fired him because the the Ronda incident.