{"id":177973,"date":"2024-05-04T20:46:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-05T01:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=177973"},"modified":"2024-05-04T20:46:03","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T01:46:03","slug":"paul-levesque-says-drew-gulaks-contract-was-not-renewed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2024\/05\/04\/paul-levesque-says-drew-gulaks-contract-was-not-renewed\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Levesque says Drew Gulak&#8217;s contract was not renewed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3794915471\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Paul Levesque, WWE&#8217;s CCO, said during today&#8217;s Backlash media Q&amp;A that Drew Gulak&#8217;s contract expired. That was push-back on his part since pro wrestling media had reported he was released. Levesque bristled at the question at first and said if you&#8217;re going to cite news sources, you should pick credible ones. Fightful and PWInsider had reported that Drew Gulak was released.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We release talent all the time,&#8221; said Levesque. &#8220;It&#8217;s part of what we do. You can&#8217;t just hire people, bring them in, keep hiring more people and just keep bringing them in. An unfortunate part of the job is talent gets released. Can I say he was released? He was not released. His contract was just not renewed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a follow-up question, he was asked whether Gulak&#8217;s departure had anything to do with allegations made by former WWE wrestler Ronda Rousey against Gulak.<\/p>\n<p>Rousey accused Gulak of grabbing the string of her sweatpants during an interview with NewsNation last month. She said the incident was witnessed by others. 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