Curtis Axel Released By WWE

Some breaking news as WWE has just announced via its website the release of former Intercontinental and Tag Team Champion Curtis Axel.

WWE.com writes:

WWE has come to terms on the release of Curtis Axel.

We wish him all the best in his future endeavors.

Axel, the son of Mr Perfect Curt Hennig, signed with WWE in 2007, and made his TV debut as a participant in NXT season two under the name Michael McGillicutty.

After a run as a member of the Nexus and then a return to developmental, he was rebranded as Curtis Axel in 2013 and put with Paul Heyman on Raw, picking up wins over Triple H and John Cena, albeit not particularly clean ones.

He went on to become Intercontinental Champion, but after that never really got back to near the top of the card, floundering in the undercard for years, but eventually winning the Raw Tag Team Championship with Bo Dallas as the B-Team in 2018.

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