Released WWE Star Thought He'd Be A "Lifer" With The Company

Things didn't pan out the way this released WWE wrestler thought they would.

by Jamie Kennedy
Wesley Blake
WWE

Former WWE star Wesley Blake has told Wrestling Inc's Daily Podcast that he thought he'd be a "lifer" with the company right up until his 15 April release.

The one-time Forgotten Sons member did also call the termination of his contract a "blessing in disguise", but only because it meant he could spend a bit more time with his family back home. Blake was obviously bummed out though - he thought he'd be with WWE forever.

Wes went deep on how he and partner Steve Cutler tackled controversial tweets fired out by old Sons' leader Jaxson Ryker last year. According to Blake, the pair asked Jaxson to take the posts down. When he refused, they told him they'd do whatever it took to make sure management knew they had nothing to do with it and definitely didn't share Ryker's views.

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Unfortunately, their cards were marked from that point on.

Blake's release came as a shock to him, because he had always thought he'd stay with WWE "for the rest of [his] career". Not even Ryker's controversy and the abandonment of the Forgotten Sons gimmick could dissuade him from thinking he was a WWE "lifer".

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Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.