{"id":20335,"date":"2016-05-22T21:23:15","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T02:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=20335"},"modified":"2016-05-23T02:41:57","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T07:41:57","slug":"alex-riley-breaks-silence-since-wwe-release-daps-cody-rhodes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/05\/22\/alex-riley-breaks-silence-since-wwe-release-daps-cody-rhodes\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Riley breaks silence since WWE release, daps Cody Rhodes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-669813026\" 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>Alex Riley did a lot of tweeting on Thursday, May 5, mainly playing up his old guard NXT character positioned opposite new stars arriving.<\/p>\n<p>Then, Riley was released from WWE on Friday, May 6. The tweeting stopped for three weeks until Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Riley broke his post-release silence by congratulating Cody Rhodes on taking a stand by asking for his release when he felt like he was being under-utilized and under-valued.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bravo,&#8221; Riley tweeted to Stardust. &#8220;(You&#8217;re) not alone. 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