WWE Star BANNED - Release Expected

Drew Gulak isn't expected back in WWE any time soon - if at all - following a company directive not to mention him on air.

Fightful's Corey Brennan reported on the directive during the outlet's NXT post-show this week, stating, "with absolute certainty", that WWE doesn't want to draw attention to Drew's current situation, so nobody can say his name.

Speaking with NewsNation earlier in April, former WWE star Ronda Rousey accused Gulak of grabbing her sweatpants' drawstrings without consent while she was en route to talk to Paul 'Triple H' Levesque.

Said Rousey:

“Drew Gulak. Drew Gulak, that’s who it was. I confronted him later and I was like, ‘If I ever hear about you putting your hands on any other woman like this or doing anything like this to me ever again, we’re going to have a problem.’ He was like, ‘No, no, no. I’m glad you said something to me.’ He really backpedaled, but it put a sour taste in my mouth about the culture there and what’s considered acceptable on how to touch and treat the women in the hallways, and anywhere.”

Gulak responded soon after, calling the situation a "mishap" while claiming he had attempted to shake Rousey's hand and accidentally touched her drawstring:

Backstage at a WWE event in 2022, I saw Ronda talking with a group in the hallway. I stopped to say hi and shake all their hands, and in an attempt to shake her hand, I accidentally touched her drawstring. Complete accident, and one that I had apologized to her for the mishap.

— Drew Gulak (@DrewGulak) April 3, 2024

This Tuesday's NXT implied that Tony D'Angelo and The Family had killed off Gulak. Fightful Select reports that WWE sources have indicated that Drew isn't expected back soon following this.

Elsewhere, Dave Meltzer reported on Wrestling Observer Radio that although there were witnesses to the Rousey/Gulak situation, sources have indicated they were inconclusive. It is a situation of one person's word against another, with Meltzer believing that WWE will likely fire him.