WWE Star ‘Baffled’ By Departure After Positive Talks With Higher-Up

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A recently departed WWE star has explained the timeline surrounding his realization that his contract would not be renewed.

Recently departed WWE NXT star Bobby Steveson, better known as Damon Kemp, has explained how his contract not being renewed was handled.

In speaking to Monte & The Pharaoh, Steveson noted that about two weeks before his contract was set to expire, his fellow No Quarter Catch Crew members had gotten notified that they would be filming matches for TNA Wrestling, however he didn’t get such notice.

Steveson would go on to discuss the fact that shortly after he had a talk with a “highly influential” person about the direction of the group’s storyline, and also, his future.

This included ideas for several months down the road, with Steveson saying that the person gave him great feedback and he felt reassured.

However, he went on to try and get in touch with someone he was directed to for talks about his contract, but he never got the opportunity to speak to anyone face-to-face about the decision.

Steveson said:

“That Monday night, this was a week after I had that great talk with the highly influenced person, and so I’m just sitting on my couch and then I get a call from Talent Relations and then I was like, oh, okay, cool. This might be the call that I’m getting my renewal. We’re moving forward and stuff like that.

“They’re like, ‘Hey Damon. We appreciate everything but we decided that we are not gonna renew you,’ and I was taken aback for a second and I was kind of processing and I was like, didn’t we just — I just talked to — I didn’t say it but this was like, brain just spinning, and I was like, I just had a great talk with so-and-so last week about all these great things and stuff and what was gonna happen and stuff like that and I was baffled in my brain.

“I was almost stunned a little bit… And I was like, ‘Uh, okay,’ and then, they were, ‘Oh yeah, no need to show up to the TV or P.C. anymore. You got 30 days’ and it’s crazy because I was actually — I was booked for TV that Tuesday. The next day. I was booked and I was completely caught off guard so I was like, I have a notification to go into work tomorrow and then you guys just tell me the day before that you’re not re-signing me.

“It’s like, completely caught off guard and I mentioned the great conversation a week before and I was like, woah. I was just stunned. I was like, alright. So I was really taken back and really caught off guard. But, there’s no regrets. No regrets being there. I loved it. I’d go back.”

Bobby Steveson is also the real-life brother of Olympic medalist Gable Steveson who also was under contract with WWE but was released earlier this year.

Gable Steveson was recently announced as having signed with the NFL’s Buffalo Bills after being let go by WWE in May 2024.

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