10 WWE Fates Worse Than Burial
1. Drake Maverick Sobs For His Soul
April 15th 2020 was rough.
Barely a month into a pandemic that had well over another year still to go, WWE released or furloughed 100s of talent and staff despite humongous financial resources and a frightening lack of opportunities for them to work elsewhere.
The feeling of fragility that had enslaved the world suddenly radiated from an industry that laughably continued under the remit of escapism. Wrestlers shared their sadness and trepidation ahead of WWE sharing record profits, as the fans got the starkest look in some time at the obscured realities of an organisation that has done this before and will again.
One such reality turned out not to be that at all. The released Drake Maverick wept openly about the end of his dream, company logo inches away from his supposedly broken heart. His departure was a strange and sad one - the hardworking all-rounder was still in a tournament for the Cruiserweight Championship, which suddenly became the focus of his speech when he implied that he might keep his job if he won.
Wrestling's fake, Drake.
Sure enough, though he lost in the final, his story was an emotional shortcut for the booking. In a pathetic scene, Triple H arrived to hand him a "new" contract following his gutsy defeat. Like Liverpool's pandemic Premier League victory in 2020 or some upcoming expletives, Maverick will forever have an asterisk next to any praise thanks to a f*cking gross promotional stunt far too typical for this f*cking company.