8 Big Questions Raised By Neville Walking Out On WWE
4. Is This Part Of A Growing Trend?
Austin Aries was officially released from his WWE contract on July 7th. The reasons behind this remain debatable, but the most popular explanation is that 'A Double' was frustrated with his role in the company, valued himself higher than the neglected cruiserweight division, and decided to walk away.
Three months have passed since then, but there's a clear line to be drawn between Neville and Aries if the former walked out for similar reasons. If so, who's to say that this isn't part of a growing trend on the WWE roster, and that other marginalised wrestlers might feel empowered by the departures and ask for their own release?
Guys like Cedric Alexander and Gran Metalik were thriving on the indies, but have accomplished the square root of nothing as WWE cruiserweights. Why would either want to stick around? Beyond that, the likes of Rusev and Luke Harper have been marginalised all year, so it's not outwith the realm of possibility that they're thinking about other options too.
WWE are the ones who'll ultimately decide whether to cut such performers loose or not, but it'd be counterproductive to keep so many disgruntled employees around.