Samoa Joe, Gabe Sapolsky and Other Triple H Hires React to WWE Releases

The employees of WWE had a rough start to this new year as the company axed a few superstars. These WWE releases have shocked everyone, as the list included some unexpected names.

Recently, it was revealed that the company has released legendary wrestling figures, William Regal and Road Dogg. Both of them were in the backstage role for NXT and SmackDown, respectively.

However, one of the most shocking names that WWE released was Samoa Joe. It was the second time in 9 months that the company parted ways with the former NXT champion.

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The released talent took to their respective social media handles and expressed their feelings about the same.

The released stars have mixed feelings about these WWE releases

WWE released one of the industry’s legendary promoters, Gabe Sapolsky, who worked as a consultant for the company. However, Gabe’s reaction to his release indicates that he is hopeful of the future.

“Looks like the end of the road. Thank you everyone. Love you all!” he wrote.

However, even though he praised all the young talents and figures he worked with, Samoa Joe seemed upset. He tweeted, “Extremely fortunate and grateful to all the young & amazing talent I had the pleasure of working with in the past months. Only saddened at the loss of an “excuse” to see their continued growth & achievement . I am very excited for there future,….. and mine.” 

WWE released Samoa Joe back in 2020. Later, Triple H contacted the Samoan Submission Machine and asked if he could join NXT again.

When Joe responded in the affirmative, he returned and dethroned Karrion Kross for the NXT title. However, another injury forced him to vacate the title and put him out of action.

WWE Hall of Famer Road Dogg also took to Twitter to express his feelings. However, one more thing to note here is that he lost his Twitter verification after his release.

“I just want to thank all the individuals from @WWENXT especially the young talent. The relationships we’ve built will last forever! #THANKYOU” 

One thing worth noticing here is all these released stars were close to Triple H. Looks like Vince McMahon wants to completely revamp the whole system and keep the guys he trusts.

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