{"id":178014,"date":"2024-05-05T23:48:35","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T04:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=178014"},"modified":"2024-05-05T23:48:35","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T04:48:35","slug":"over-ten-wrestlers-no-longer-part-of-nxt-roster-including-gable-steveson-and-drew-gulak-hometown-paper-covers-steveson-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2024\/05\/05\/over-ten-wrestlers-no-longer-part-of-nxt-roster-including-gable-steveson-and-drew-gulak-hometown-paper-covers-steveson-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Over ten wrestlers no longer part of NXT roster including Gable Steveson and Drew Gulak, hometown paper covers Steveson news"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-697947771\" 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>WWE has reportedly cut (or let contracts expire for) over ten wrestlers from the NXT roster, with PWInsider and Fightful first reporting on the names, some of which have been also confirmed via social media posts.<\/p>\n<p>The list includes Julian Baldi, Boa, Valentina Feroz, Trey Bearhill, Keyshawn Leflore, Emma Diaz, Darrell Mason, Ezekiel Balogun, Vlad Pavlenko. and Kiyah Saint.<\/p>\n<p>Gable Steveson and Drew Gulak are also gone from NXT. Paul Levesque said during the Backlash post-event media Q&amp;A that Gulak&#8217;s contract expired, he wasn&#8217;t cut. Ronda Rousey accused Gulak of inappropriate contact backstage and Gulak hadn&#8217;t been used on TV since.<\/p>\n<p>Steveson was a high-profile signing because of his Olympic gold medal on his resume. He wrestled on the NXT Great American Bash last summer and it went poorly as fans heckled and booed him, he looked unsure of himself, and even Booker T&#8217;s endorsement turned into a hedge as the match progressed.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s my story on Steveson&#8217;s less-than-stellar match on that NXT show:<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/08\/01\/kellers-take-fans-rejected-gable-steveson-as-soon-as-they-saw-him-and-he-didnt-do-anything-to-win-them-over-after-that\/\">KELLER\u2019S TAKE: Fans rejected Gable Steveson as soon as they saw him, and he didn\u2019t do anything to win them over after that<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Excerpt:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Booker T went from saying during Steveson\u2019s entrance that there was a reason for all the hype given his credentials to saying five minutes into the match, \u201cThe jury is still out on this kid Gable Steveson as far as I\u2019m concerned.\u201d A minute later, a \u201cLet\u2019s Go Corbin\u201d chant broke out. Vic Joseph, perhaps sensing the rocky start, then said, \u201cWe knew it\u2019d be an uphill battle somewhat for Stevenson to try to get used to the environment, to get used to what\u2019s gonna happen inside the squared circle.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Steveson news, first reported by the Wrestling Observer, has been covered by major media outlets.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1970445941\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>The Minneapolis Star Tribune covered Steveson&#8217;s release in a story this weekend, including a quote from me. Read that article here:<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/wwe-gable-steveson-release-gophers-wrestling-olympic-gold-medalist\/600363738\/\">WWE releases Gable Steveson, closing a chapter for the Olympian and former Gophers sensation &#8211; Gable Steveson, who starred for Apple Valley and the Gophers before winning Olympic gold in 2021, was not a popular figure in the ring for WWE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college\/minnesota\/former-gopher-wrestler-gable-steveson-reportedly-released-by-wwe\">Sports Illustrated<\/a> also covered the news.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3776367358\"><div id=\"pwtor-176945314\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>WWE has reportedly cut (or let contracts expire for) over ten wrestlers from the NXT roster, with PWInsider and Fightful first reporting on the names, some of which have been also confirmed via social media <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2024\/05\/05\/over-ten-wrestlers-no-longer-part-of-nxt-roster-including-gable-steveson-and-drew-gulak-hometown-paper-covers-steveson-news\/\" title=\"Over ten wrestlers no longer part of NXT roster including Gable Steveson and Drew Gulak, hometown paper covers Steveson news\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":162857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,13,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prowrestlingnews","category-news_nxt","category-news_wwe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2023\/07\/Screenshot-2023-07-26-at-1.30.47-PM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178014"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":178015,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178014\/revisions\/178015"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}