From @ShaySmithers: Had John Morrison gotten along with WWE better over the WM 27 thing with Trish and Melina, would he have fared better?
Good question. For those not aware, Morrison complained because WWE brought back Trish Stratus for the WrestleMania 27 tag match in 2011 as they teamed up with Snooki against Michelle McCool, Layla and Dolph Ziggler. The story goes that Morrison wanted his girlfriend Melina in the spot. WWE disagreed. Melina really wasn't used much after that and was out of the company by August 2011 while Morrison was gone in November 2011. Apparently he didn't leave on bad terms, but it's been almost four years and he hasn't been back. Morrison was probably a guy that WWE saw as a very talented midcard performer who is good in the ring, but needed to be better in promos and acting. He's apparently done some acting as well as standup comedy post WWE, so he's worked at it. He's also a main guy working or Lucha Underground. A recent interview with him suggests he's pretty happy there, so a WWE return seems unlikely. In the end, it shouldn't have been a big deal. The WM 27 match was really short (under five minutes) and it was pretty forgettable, but it ended up leading to a lot of issues backstage. If he didn't speak up about Trish then perhaps his future in WWE would have been better although he did main event a PPV shortly after, so maybe the heat wasn't that bad.
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