{"id":4196,"date":"2015-11-25T15:44:39","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T21:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=4196"},"modified":"2015-11-25T16:51:12","modified_gmt":"2015-11-25T22:51:12","slug":"wwe-releases-brad-maddox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2015\/11\/25\/wwe-releases-brad-maddox\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE releases Brad Maddox"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-475320499\" 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>Former Raw GM Brad Maddox has been released from his contract, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\/inside\/brad-maddox-released-28272321\" target=\"_blank\">WWE announced Wednesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;WWE has come to terms on the release of WWE Superstar Brad Maddox as of Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015. WWE wishes Maddox the best in all of his future endeavors,&#8221; WWE said.<\/p>\n<p>Maddox was released the day before Thanksgiving. Ironically, Maddox&#8217;s last notable appearance was wearing a turkey suit taking a Tombstone Piledriver from The Undertaker on the &#8220;Tonight Show&#8221; with Jimmy Fallon earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to his release, Maddox worked the Smackdown TV taping Tuesday night in Indianapolis. Maddox <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/wi\/news\/2015\/1124\/604174\/ryback-on-wwe-main-event\/\" target=\"_blank\">appeared in a pre-taping dark match<\/a>, losing to R-Truth. Prior to the match, Maddox cut a promo running down the Indianapolis Colts and QB Andrew Luck.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So the strange odyssey of Brad Maddox ends. Of the many gimmicks he tried out in dark matches\/house shows, liked the idea of poet character.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Greg Parks (@gregmparks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gregmparks\/status\/669629384706297856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 25, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800080;\">ARE YOU\u00a0VISITING OUR\u00a0SISTER WEBSITE, \u00a0<a style=\"color: #800080;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pwpodcasts.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">PWPODCASTS.COM<\/a>?\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3>Written summaries of pro wrestling\u2019s most popular celebrity-hosted podcasts. Don\u2019t have time to listen? No problem. Keep up on\u00a0the revealing, newsworthy comments from the hosts and their big-name guests in our detailed reports. 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