8 Ups & 13 Downs For WWE In 2021
3. More Releases, More Questions
WWE thinned their numbers considerably yet again in 2021, having done so in 2020 following years of warehousing talent seemingly just to stop anywhere else getting to have them.
This mass cutting philosophy has created a strange mix of emotions about both the wrestlers in question and the company itself. Mid-pandemic, the act was needlessly cruel as profits rocketed, but one year on and almost every performer in the game seems best served away from WWE anyway.
It becomes at this point a matter of the visuals fans want to manifest. Keith Lee's release was viewed as a crime, and indeed a promotion that can't figure out how to sell the former NXT Champion is maybe no promotion at all. But nothing's inaccessible anymore; Keith Lee fans will find Keith Lee if and when Keith Lee chooses to wrestle. In this respect, it was almost like WWE had been made redundant as well as the litany of the wrestlers - nobody is ever calling for job losses, but if WrestleMania main events or WWE Title runs are no longer validation for wrestlers, fans too can happily enjoy the action elsewhere.