WWE Release Big Cass
Giant let go on Tuesday afternoon.
WWE have announced the release of superstar Big Cass, via a very brusque post on their official website.
The bulletin simply noted that the company had came to terms with William Morrisey (Cass' real name). The usual boilerplate 'future endeavours' message was not even appended.
Cass was beaten for the second time in two PPVs by Daniel Bryan at Sunday's Money in the Bank event, though the nature of the defeat certainly did not point towards a burial. It did however leave many questions about the future direction of the New Yorker, who only made his return to TV on 29 May, following a lengthy knee injury.
Morrissey signed with WWE's Florida Championship Wrestling development territory way back in 2011, transitioning into a tag team with Eric 'Enzo Amore' Arndt when the promotion morphed into NXT a year later. Though greener than grass between the ropes, the pair quickly gained popularity, largely off the back of Amore's considerable charisma. The duo eventually earned a main roster call-up one day removed from WrestleMania 32, with the legitimate seven-foot tall Cass tipped for a main-event push in the near future.
Cass split from Amore last summer, but just as his single's run was about to take off, he went down with a nasty torn ACL, sidelining him for eight months. When he returned, it didn't seem to matter: he was immediately pushed into a top-level programme with the returned hero Daniel Bryan, much to the chagrin of just about everybody.
His release therefore comes as something as a shock. As yet, there is no word on why Cass has been terminated. Check back for more details as they emerge.