{"id":96155,"date":"2020-04-15T15:38:04","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T20:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=96155"},"modified":"2020-04-16T15:40:37","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T20:40:37","slug":"wwe-cuts-20-personnel-from-the-roster-including-rusev-gallows-anderson-kurt-angle-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/04\/15\/wwe-cuts-20-personnel-from-the-roster-including-rusev-gallows-anderson-kurt-angle-more\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE cuts 28 personnel from the roster (UPDATED): Including Rusev, Gallows &#038; Anderson, Kurt Angle, Zack Ryder, many producers, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2557577495\" 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 announced this afternoon that they have come to terms on a release with the following wrestlers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kurt Angle<\/li>\n<li>Rusev (Miroslav Barnyashev)<\/li>\n<li>Drake Maverick (James Curtin)<\/li>\n<li>Zack Ryder (Matthew Cardona)<\/li>\n<li>Curt Hawkins (Brian Myers)<\/li>\n<li>Karl Anderson (Chad Allegra)<\/li>\n<li>Luke Gallows (Drew Hankinson)<\/li>\n<li>Heath Slater (Heath Miller)<\/li>\n<li>Eric Young (Jeremy Fritz)<\/li>\n<li>Rowan (Joseph Ruud)<\/li>\n<li>Sarah Logan (Sarah Rowe)<\/li>\n<li>No Way Jose (Levis Valenzuela)<\/li>\n<li>Mike Chioda<\/li>\n<li>Mike Kanellis (Mike Bennett)<\/li>\n<li>Maria Kanellis<\/li>\n<li>EC3 (Michael Hutter)<\/li>\n<li>Aiden English (Matthew Rehwoldt)<\/li>\n<li>Lio Rush (Lionel Green)<\/li>\n<li>Primo (Edwin Colon)<\/li>\n<li>Epico (Orlando Colon Nieves)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The statement concluded: &#8220;We wish them all the best in their future endeavors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Additional names from behind the scenes are also part of the list of cutbacks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Billy Kidman<\/li>\n<li>Mike Rotunda<\/li>\n<li>Pat Buck<\/li>\n<li>Fit Finlay<\/li>\n<li>Shawn Daivari<\/li>\n<li>Scott Armstrong<\/li>\n<li>Shane Helms<\/li>\n<li>Lance Storm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some who were cut are tweeting about it&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you All, Rusev out!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Miro (@ToBeMiro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ToBeMiro\/status\/1250515808356188160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I wanted 2 say thank you to the WWE for the time I spent there.I made many new friends and had the opportunity to work with so many talented people. To the Superstars, continue to entertain the WWE Universe as well as you possibly can. They\u2019re the best fans in the world. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/itstrue?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#itstrue<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kurt Angle (@RealKurtAngle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealKurtAngle\/status\/1250493660967448583?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thanks everyone for all the great messages. I truly believe that this is just temporary. There are many people in this world in far worse situations than I am, so please don\u2019t worry about me too much. I\u2019ll always be The Hurricane and I\u2019m always just a tweet away. Love you all!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hurricane Helms (@ShaneHelmsCom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShaneHelmsCom\/status\/1250506240020668417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My best to all who, like me, lost their jobs today. To those still on the job, hold down the fort for us. It was my pleasure to work with you all these past 4 month. I hope we will all get a chance to work together again. Stay strong, stay safe.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lance Storm (@LanceStorm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LanceStorm\/status\/1250497846324813824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheCurtHawkins\/status\/1250489735224623105<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/buckneverstops\/status\/1250519651655835649<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1542450202\"><div id=\"pwtor-3247391697\"><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 announced this afternoon that they have come to terms on a release with the following wrestlers: Kurt Angle Rusev (Miroslav Barnyashev) Drake Maverick (James Curtin) Zack Ryder (Matthew Cardona) Curt Hawkins (Brian Myers) Karl <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/04\/15\/wwe-cuts-20-personnel-from-the-roster-including-rusev-gallows-anderson-kurt-angle-more\/\" title=\"WWE cuts 28 personnel from the roster (UPDATED): Including Rusev, Gallows &#038; Anderson, Kurt Angle, Zack Ryder, many producers, more\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5731,"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":[2,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prowrestlingnews","category-news_wwe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/RusevWK4_3x2_600-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96155","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=96155"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96231,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96155\/revisions\/96231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}