10 WWE Stars Who Are Unhappy Right Now
If WWE "makes movies", these acts are that dog getting thrown in the sea in Mr Nanny.
Locker room morale is plummeting.
Mark Henry recently disclosed his new backstage role in WWE on Sam Roberts' Notsam podcast which, incidentally, is aptly named. "Not Sam," is what the few thousand Kickoff viewers say when they first clasp eyes on the panel.
Henry, bemoaning the apparent lack of leadership and etiquette among the millennial generation, has taken it upon himself to straighten them out. Under his watch, they are going to pick up the sh*t they leave on the floor - and on the evidence of the various Twitter rants unleashed this year, they are going to pick up the toys they have thrown from the pram.
All Elite Wrestling hasn't promoted a single show yet, and yet the company has emboldened various WWE undercard and midcard acts to...sort of tut and moan a bit on social media about the trajectory of their careers. Henry also disclosed that Vince "hates them dudes" who are meek of disposition. "It's a hate, it's a loathing," he said. A Thinking Face Emoji, therefore, is probably not the ideal way to get out of one's contract.
Dean Ambrose is leaving, now that it has become clear the whole thing is not an elaborate work, as if WWE were ever capable. The Club are set to follow him out of the door.
Several more wish to slink out, saying BOY BYE in Vince's face...
10. The Revival
The Revival are in a strong bargaining position, which underscores just how much things are changing.
Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson are a tag team, which knackered them from the jump. They are also deeply proud of being a tag team. They are also brazen in their mission statement of reviving southern style tag team wrestling. Their act is perfectly calibrated to annoy Vince McMahon. True to form, Vince has promoted the duo with a sad but thoroughly unsurprising apathy, and this has only intensified their resolve to leave.
There is a classic, lucrative programme waiting for them opposite the Young Bucks. Aware of this, WWE refused to grant their release, and "rewarded" the pair with a token RAW Tag Team Title run. Brilliantly, the Revival have buried this push, advising parents the land over never to encourage this poisoned childhood dream. No flips and indeed no f*cks, Dash and Dawson recently cosied up to an AEW fan for a photo opportunity at a house show, astutely marketing themselves as defiant in the face of the machine that has crushed them.
Entitled but deserving, the Revival are breaking the stigma of the browbeaten, lamentable modern WWE Superstar - with timing as perfect as their much-missed cut-off spots.