Flash Morgan Webster was released by WWE, and had re-signed a new deal just prior.
However, Fightful has learned that Webster was actually still injured at the time of his WWE release.
We've learned that Webster signed a NXT UK deal in 2018, but then upgraded to an NXT deal in 2019 that ran for three years. The deal actually expired, and Webster was working on a short extension throughout this Summer. However, he re-signed with WWE NXT earlier this year after passing on two contracts with pay increases. We're told that Webster signed in order to make sure he was taken care of during the injury process, but that doesn't seem to completely be the case.
Webster had been sidelined with an injury since last year, and hasn't been in the ring since the October 2021 tapings. We're told that even though the surgeon cleared Webster shortly before his release, his physio had not, and he was nowhere near being able to return to the ring. In the past, WWE had avoided releasing injured talent.
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