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WWE Hall of Famer Bully Ray says that he would have ‘never’ got rid of Bo Dallas following the Wyatt Sicks’ WWE release.
The latest round of WWE talent cuts took place on Friday (April 24), with 25 names confirmed to have departed the company.
Among those names were the entire Wyatt Sicks faction of Uncle Howdy, Erick Rowan, Joe Gacy, Dexter Lumis and Nikki Cross, who had been in a rivalry with the MFTs on SmackDown for the past few months.
Bully Ray Says He Would Have Never Released Bo Dallas
Speaking on their releases on Busted Open Radio, Bully Ray reflected on the difficulties of booking the characters in the modern landscape, and that he isn’t surprised that the group would end up leaving.
He would also add that he would have never got rid of Bo Dallas (Uncle Howdy), due to him being the direct link to Bray Wyatt.
He said:
“Am I shocked that the Wyatt Sicks are no longer here? No I’m not shocked. However, I would have never got rid of Bo Dallas. Bo Dallas is the link to Bray. I would have kept Bo Dallas around.
“I would have kept Bo Dallas around and I would have kept the character doing something. Even if Uncle Howdy, for the rest of his WWE career, was always trying to find a way to talk to Bray Wyatt, to The Fiend, one more time, and that was his entire story, and his entire quest, because the last time we saw the Fiend was in the WWE, so Uncle Howdy was always searching the WWE for the door, for the stargate to find The Fiend, and we always saw him, and as we move along in his story, someone is always trying to stop him.
“I would have kept Bo Dallas around. This goes way beyond business, it goes beyond a bottom line and dollars and cents, to me keeping Bo Dallas around would have been the right thing to do.”
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More WWE NXT Call Ups Following Recent Releases
With a number of main roster WWE stars recently being released, we have already begun seeing names be called up from NXT to fill the gaps on the roster.
On Raw, both Ethan Page and Sol Ruca made their debut on the brand, with Ruca facing Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan, while Ethan Page picked up the win over Je’von Evans.
On SmackDown, we saw the arrival of Fatal Influence’s Jacy Jayne, Lainey Reid and Fallon Henley, as well as vignettes for the upcoming arrivals of Ricky Saints and Blake Monroe.
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