Published: Nov 4, 2021 by Sanchez Taylor | Last Updated: Nov 4, 2021 by Sanchez Taylor
Sanchez has over six years of pro-wrestling news writing experience, covering the biggest news stories in WWE, NXT, AEW, TNA Wrestling and more. He has personally interviewed a number of top stars, producing exclusive content with the likes of AEW's Swerve Strickland and WWE's Nick Aldis.
Here is the reason WWE has reportedly told talent for the recent batch of talent releases.
Earlier today, WWE released a number of notable names including Keith Lee, Nia Jax and Ember Moon. According to Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful, John Laurinaitis cited ‘budget cuts’ as a reason for the departures in an email.
Before reports of today’s releases emerged, WWE announced their financial results for the third quarter of 2021. The company revealed that total revenue for the quarter was $255.8 million, with WWE pointing to “higher ticket sales and, to a lesser extent, venue merchandise sales” as reasons for the increase of 15% or $34.2 million, compared to last year’s Q3 earnings.
You can read the full list of releases, reported on November 4, here.
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