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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
More favorable contract terms or re-positioning their place in the roster. Samoa Joe was definitely one of those, as he is performing more coaching-related duties now that no doubt required a restructuring of this contract (this is my speculation though, so take it with a grain of salt).
I personally believe it's only a matter of time before they bring Braun Stroman back into the fold too. Dude was way too expensive for WWE as he got fast-tracked to the spotlight.
That said, I believe Rotunda had some personal things going on with WWE management that also led to his release.
I think the lesson here is they don't necessarily have personal issues with WWE to be let go; it's simply a cost-saving measure and the characters can still be in demand for TV.
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Its a good summary. Just an add on, there were also some other theories.
That Bray wasn't putting on good matches, and was out of shape so they let him go.
That he had taken the death of Brodie very hard, and was difficult to work with.
The simple one is that WWE didn't know what to do with the fiend, they had booked it into oblivion, so he got the old, we'll call you when we figure stuff out.
I'm not saying he's going back to WWE its just a theory based on a tweet, for all we know he could be heading to AEW, though Tony had stated that they really hadn't talked about it. It could be the end of his non compete as well.