EVERYTHING Vince McMahon Gave Up On In 2020 (So Far)
4. So Many More Backstage And Front Of House Staff
Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows were allegedly wished luck in their future endeavours during all this. The former Good Brothers had last been seen at WrestleMania where they interfered in AJ Styles' Boneyard match against The Undertaker and were seemingly murdered by fire for their transgression. They joined EC3 (who, to nobody's surprise, was finally released after never really being given a chance to do anything in the main roster), announcer Aiden English and referee Mike Chioda in receiving goodbye texts from Vinnie Mac himself.
With fewer wrestlers to worry about and fewer storylines to take care of due to the reduced roster, Vince also decided it would be prudent to cut down some of the backstage staff too. And, having learned text messaging just for the cull, he gave them the same treatment. Producers Kurt Angle, Billy Kidman, Mike Rotunda, Fit Finlay, Shawn Daivari, Scott Armstrong, Sarah Stock, Shane Helms, and Lance Storm were all shown the door in 160 characters or less.
Since then, many of these people and some of the released wrestlers from other entries have been offered the opportunity to return to the company at drastically reduced wages.