WWE Bloody Wednesday Bleeds Into Second Week With Wave 7 Seeing More NXT Departures! WWE Exits Surpass 60 Since Christmas 2019!
Six more releases making the rounds from the NXT brand.
* Hussain Aldagal
* Faisal Kurdi
* Mohamed Fahim
* Marcos Gomes
* Edgar Lopez
* Rocky / Yifeng
For 2020, so far, there have been several waves of WWE exits.
- Wave one included 16 WWE superstars.
- Wave two saw that number grow to 22.
- Wave three grew to 25 releases.
- Wave four added 12 more WWE departures.
- Wave five saw 7 more departures.
- Wave six saw 6 more departures.
- Wave seven saw another 6 exits. (Per the above.)
- Wave eight had 3 more departures for a total of 64 exits since Christmastime 2019. (Per an update.)
It’s been quite a bloodletting this year for WWE.
Despite being an essential service, a decision that appears to some to be a political quid pro quo, which a WWE expects these departures, a mix of releases and furloughs, will save WWE $48 million annually. The number of head office staff released or furloughed is unknown at this time.
In addition, Vince McMahon’s XFL reboot has filed for bankruptcy; WWE had a small stake in that venture.
