Shawn Michaels comments on WWE releases and how the NXT brand adjusts to them.
On Thursday, September 21, WWE released a number of performers from their contracts, just days after the company's merger with UFC was made official. Two names that were cut, Mustafa Ali and Dana Brooke, were involved in various storylines in NXT at the time of their release.
On the recent NXT No Mercy media call, Shawn Michaels was asked about the recent releases in WWE. In response, Michaels talked at length about getting used to regular talent cuts and how the brand has learned to make adjustments on the fly.
"Dana Brooke is something that caught us by surprise a little bit because we had a nice story going on there. I hope this doesn’t sound insensitive, this is not the first time that we’ve gone through this. It is something that, I’ll say this, in my world now, maybe I’ve grown a little bit, these things don’t throw me into chaos and I don’t get too nervous or too upset. We trying not to let the highs take us too high or the lows to take us down too low. We’ve made adjustments. The talent that come from main roster, I just enjoy the time with them, I really do. I feel like we give them a love and passion back for this line of work. I feel they are all better performers, whether they go back to the main roster or go somewhere else. I do know that their experience with us is always a positive one. That’s something that is important to me, that they have that experience here in NXT. Those would be the two because those are the two we had the deepest storylines with down here. Those are always times you have to make adjustments creatively. We’ve done that in the case of Mustafa and we’re going to do that in the case of Dana."
Elsewhere in the call, Michaels commented on Mustafa Ali's release from the company. Fans can learn more by clicking here.
Fans can check out the current lineup for NXT No Mercy by clicking here.
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