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WWE fabricated a few added aptitude cuts on Friday (more than acceptable minor), but we’re apprehension acceptance on them.

As appear aftermost night, Kevin Thorn acquaint a cryptic blog on the WWE Universe armpit adage “It’s Not Goodbye!” Thorn’s cryptic words appealing abundant accepted online letters adage he had been appear from WWE. While WWE has yet to advertise his abandonment from the aggregation in a statement, WWE.com deleted his WWE Universe contour this morning and replaced it with the afterward absurdity message: “This armpit has been disabled due to violations of our Terms of Service. If you are the buyer of the armpit you may acquaintance abstruse abutment in adjustment to boldness the situation.”

Dusty Rhodes, 63, is demography bookings for autograph signings, claimed appearances, training seminars, etc. Interested parties can e-mail newwrestling@yahoo.com.

There has been allocution of Mike Graham accepting added complex with Florida Championship Wrestling as he is abutting to Dusty Rhodes. Graham’s backward ancestor Eddie endemic and answer the aboriginal Florida Championship Wrestling promotion.

According to two of my sources in Florida Championship Wrestling, WWE has appear adorning wrestler Mike Kruel. Kruel had been in adorning for absolutely some time (approximately two and a bisected years), but was clumsy to be alleged up to the capital roster. Kruel was one of the top abstruse indy wrestlers in the northeast back he active with WWE in July 2006. During his time beneath arrangement to WWE, Kruel won the OVW Heavyweight Championship and OVW Television Championship.

I can additionally EXCLUSIVELY address tonight that WWE has appear ECW wrestler Gavin Spears (real name Ronnie Arniell). WWE has yet to advertise his absolution on the aggregation website. Spears active a adorning arrangement with WWE on January 21, 2006. Spears had a acknowledged run in Ohio Valley Wrestling, acceptable the Southern Tag Team Championships on four occasions as able-bodied as the OVW Television Championship three times over. Spears fabricated his WWE admission on the ECW cast this accomplished August as allotment of General Manager Theodore Long’s new aptitude initiative. Spears absent to Ricky Ortiz in his admission match. He absent to Super Crazy in his additional match, but afore the match, cut a promo claiming to be “the acme jewel of the aptitude initiative.” After about two months of inactivity, Spears alternate to television on December 16th in a accident accomplishment to Finlay. Spears kept active in Florida Championship Wrestling during his time of exceptional use in WWE.

Neither of these releases accept been accepted by WWE aloof yet.

Recently Released:
* Mike Kruel
* Gavin Spears
* Kevin Thorn
* Val Venis
* Bam Neely
* D-Lo Brown
* Referee Jimmy Korderas
* Referee Kevin Keenan
* Referee Mike Posey
* Producer Tim White

In 2008, WWE beggared means with a absolute of fifty-six talents — thirty-one from the capital roster, twenty-three from developmental, as able-bodied as two producers. This marks the third after year in which over fifty talents ancient from WWE, so by that indication, at atomic fifty added talents apparently won’t be with the aggregation this time abutting year. And clashing antecedent years, the aggregation is currently in the bosom of a above cost-cutting action (which explains shots of two SmackDown tapings in one night for instance), which should access the affairs of added aptitude cuts and beneath elbowroom over the abutting year. Here is this year’s complete account of departures from WWE:

MAIN WWE ROSTER DEPARTURES

» Armando Estrada – Released November 18, 2008

» Ashley Massaro – Released July 9, 2008

» Balls Mahoney – Released April 28, 2008

» Big Daddy V – Released August 8, 2008

» Bobby Lashley – Released February 4, 2008

» Braden Walker – Released August 7, 2008

» Cherry – Released August 15, 2008

» Chuck Palumbo – Released November 7, 2008

» Colin Delaney – Released August 15, 2008

» Dave Taylor – Released April 28, 2008

» Domino – Released August 8, 2008

» Elijah Burke – Released November 10, 2008

» James Curtis – Released August 8, 2008

» Jonathan Coachman – Contract Expired August 2008

» Kenny Dykstra – Released November 10, 2008

» Lance Cade – Released October 14, 2008

» Lena Yada – Released November 10, 2008

» Mick Foley – Contract Expired August 31, 2008

» Nick Patrick – Released August 8, 2008

» Nunzio – Released August 8, 2008

» Paul London – Released November 7, 2008

» Ric Flair – Beggared Means August 3, 2008

» Robbie McAllister – Released August 15, 2008

» Rory McAllister – Released August 15, 2008

» Shannon Moore – Released August 8, 2008

» Snitsky – Released December 11, 2008

» Stevie Richards – Released August 15, 2008

» Super Crazy – Released November 5, 2008

» Torrie Wilson – Released May 8, 2008

» Trevor Murdoch – Released July 3, 2008

» Wes Adams – Released August 15, 2008

WWE DEVELOPMENTAL DEPARTURES

» Ace Steele – Released February 4, 2008

» Al Snow – Released February 4, 2008

» Antoni Polaski – Released February 4, 2008

» “Campus Legend” Brad Allen – Released August 12, 2008

» Charles “The Hammer” Evans – Released August 12, 2008

» Chet the Jett – Released February 26, 2008

» Chris Gray – Released April 22, 2008

» Derrick Neikirk – Released January 2008

» Germán Figueroa – Released March 2008

» G-Rilla – Released August 08, 2008

» Imani Lee – Released November 2008

» Jamie Tucker – Released August 2008

» Johnny Jeter – Released Early 2008

» Kassidy James – Contract Expired February 4, 2008

» Matt O’Neal – Released August 15, 2008

» Mike Jarvi – Released November 2008

» Mike Mondo – Released June 13, 2008

» Rob Terry – Released August 2008

» Ryan Bishop – Released April 22, 2008

» Shawn Osbourne – Released February 4, 2008

» Silas Young – Released March 2008

» Timmy Baltimore – Released September 2008

» Tommy Taylor – Released April 22, 2008

WWE PRODUCER DEPARTURES

» Barry Windham – Released December 2008

» Bruce Prichard – Released December 1, 2008

Regarding Snitsky’s absolution from WWE on 12/11, admiral acquainted for absolutely some time that he wasn’t activity to be the amateur they had initially hoped for, and back he turns 39 years old in a few weeks, the activity was that they could accord his atom on the agenda to addition adolescent — acutely Mike Knox. As a result, he was let go from WWE afterwards bristles years in the company.

After spending several years alive for WWE Hall of Famer Afa’s Allentown, Pennsylvania-based indy advance World Xtreme Wrestling, WWE active Snitsky to a adorning arrangement in October 2003 due to his amazing stature. Snitsky debuted in WWE in September 2004 about by accident. Admiral had an abstraction for an bend area Lita, accustomed Kane’s baby, would miscarry. At the aftermost minute, they capital an alien wrestler to be complex in the angle. They additionally capital addition who was big, and Snitsky fit the bill absolutely well. He afresh cut a memorable promo the abutting anniversary on Raw, and managed to acreage a atom on the agenda as a result.

There were several attempts to advance him over the years, but they never formed out in the end. Due to the actuality that he was initially brought in because of size, he acutely wasn’t absolutely accessible aboriginal on, and if he was anytime activity to be “ready” later, admirers had already perceived him as a big klutzy wrestler and never actively bought him, admitting his huge size, as a guy with brilliant potential. The ambition of Snitsky’s mega-push in 2007 was to get him accessible as a amateur adjoin John Cena and Triple H by the alpha of 2008 agnate to how Umaga was congenital up for Cena during the antecedent year. However, Snitsky already afresh bootless to get over and his advance evaporated by the end of the year.

His absolution from the aggregation was not abundant of a abruptness as he had abundantly abolished from television in the accomplished year.

It should additionally be acclaimed that Snitsky absolutely went to the agitation and amount of accepting his teeth assuredly yellowed for his character. They still accursed him afterwards that.

Big Daddy V
As for the absolution of Big Daddy V, he was told some time ago to lose weight and allegedly didn’t do abundant in his time off.

James Curtis
News on the absolution of James Curtis was rather quiet as he was in adorning for a continued time and had a contempo cord of matches on ECW in a jobbing role. He wasn’t able-bodied admired amid anyone besides Dusty Rhodes and with Rhodes no best on the booking team, it appealing abundant dead his chances.

Chris Harris
Lots of account advancing out apropos the seven releases by WWE aftermost Friday, with one actuality appear aboriginal on Thursday night involving Braden Walker (aka Chris Harris). Reports are that the aggregation already had a lot of aptitude advancing in and it isn’t believed that any of the aptitude cut were activity to do abundant for them in the future.

In commendations the Braden Walker/Chris Harris absolution appear aftermost Thursday, it was a rather quick absolution as he aloof fabricated his TV admission in aboriginal July for ECW. His bearings has been declared as a guy who had a cord of abundant matches in TNA and back he got to WWE, they were bottomward on him and aback he didn’t apperceive how to assignment that style. The allocution aural WWE was that he went out there like a guy whose aplomb was baffled out of him in his matches on ECW. Harris was said to accept had a lot of calefaction on him to activate with in how he agitated himself backstage, but no one can absolutely define if he did one affair to account that acknowledgment amid the wrestlers. One acceptance is that he ability accept agitated himself as if he had done article in the angry industry already in his time with TNA in the America’s Most Wanted tag aggregation with James Storm and in WWE, that is a big bang adjoin you to accept had some success abroad unless you appear in and accept appropriate abroad that what you did didn’t count. The cutting assessment was that Harris didn’t do able-bodied in his admission TV bout with Armando Estrada on ECW and didn’t appear beyond able-bodied on his pre-tapes either.

It should be acclaimed that a lot of bodies aural TNA were declared as actuality all smiles back audition of Harris’ absolution from WWE because abounding wrestlers accept the abstraction in that abrogation TNA for WWE that the “grass is greener on the added side”, but that was not the case for a few stars who accept fabricated the jump (see Frankie Kazarian, although Monty Brown shouldn’t absolutely be acclimated as an archetype back his ancestors issues is what acquired his closing release).

Domino
The absolution of Domino wasn’t a huge shock to abounding afterwards the Deuce and Domino tag aggregation was burst up during the draft. He reportedly accomplished his limitations and ability accept been too accessible about them, abnormally back he was overheard adage that he knew Deuce would be the brilliant of the tag aggregation already they bankrupt up. The funny affair about that now is back actuality traded to Raw, we haven’t heard abundant from Deuce at tapings or on abode shows.

Shannon Moore
Shannon Moore’s absolution was fabricated accessible a few hours afore WWE clearly appear it as Moore issued a account on his official “MySpace” page. Moore was consistently declared as a solid aptitude in the ring, but reportedly struggled in pre-tapes. The acceptable activity was that the aggregation had no absolute affairs for him admitting a re-debut in the aboriginal canicule of the new ECW on Sci Fi. Moore owns a boom boutique in North Carolina that will be his primary business and is alive with Bill Behrens to get appointed on the indy scene. It should be acclaimed that Moore is accompany with Jeff Jarrett, which was how he got into TNA in the aboriginal place. However, the allowance of him abiding to TNA could be abbreviate as on his way out of TNA in March 2006 he affianced AJ Styles on TV (a move that was second-guessed) and again got chat to WWE that he was not alive beneath arrangement with them and got a deal.

Nunzio
Not much to add on the release of Nunzio. He was described as a good worker, but they continued to bury him on the ECW brand and didn’t have any major plans for him.

Referee Nick Patrick
The release of referee Nick Patrick was interesting as he had been out of action undergoing back surgery and was expected to return soon. When he was gone, WWE hired several new referees. A few days after Patrick had underwent back surgery, he was in a car accident (he was reportedly rear ended) and suffered injuries and was back out of action again. The feeling is that WWE wanted younger guys in the referee role that weren’t banged up. Patrick has been around wrestling for close to 30 years