By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)
Kurt Angle, Curt Hawkins, Lio Rush, Lance Storm, and Shane Helms released the following comments via their Twitter pages after being released from their WWE contracts on Wednesday.
I wanted 2 say thank you to the WWE for the time I spent there.I made many new friends and had the opportunity to work with so many talented people. To the Superstars, continue to entertain the WWE Universe as well as you possibly can. They’re the best fans in the world. #itstrue
— Kurt Angle (@RealKurtAngle) April 15, 2020
Last time I got fired I had a really funny tweet in response to it. Doesn’t really feel appropriate today. I will say this, a lot of very talented ppl lost their jobs today and out of this disaster the PRO WRESTLING community will rise stronger than ever! 🤘🏻
— Brian Myers (@TheCurtHawkins) April 15, 2020
To all of my fellow co workers, whatever happens today or the remainder of this week….just know, we’re all going to be good. 🙏🏽 Once a family, forever a family. #Wrestling
— Lio (@itsLioRush) April 15, 2020
#LioRush 🦋 pic.twitter.com/Jo0BVNWhfo
— Lio (@itsLioRush) April 15, 2020
My best to all who, like me, lost their jobs today. To those still on the job, hold down the fort for us. It was my pleasure to work with you all these past 4 month. I hope we will all get a chance to work together again. Stay strong, stay safe.
— Lance Storm (@LanceStorm) April 15, 2020
To all of my fellow co workers, whatever happens today or the remainder of this week….just know, we’re all going to be good. 🙏🏽 Once a family, forever a family. #Wrestling
— Lio (@itsLioRush) April 15, 2020
Thanks everyone for all the great messages. I truly believe that this is just temporary. There are many people in this world in far worse situations than I am, so please don’t worry about me too much. I’ll always be The Hurricane and I’m always just a tweet away. Love you all!
— Hurricane Helms (@ShaneHelmsCom) April 15, 2020
So, McMahon and his shareholders can continue to be filthy rich and him and his crew can file for Bankruptcy protection for the XFL blunder that shouldn’t have happened in the first place, yet these people that have worked their asses off get canned. Right.
They’re almost all on 90 day releases, so they should be getting paid during that time. There’s also unemployment benefits that have been extended to people who are independent contractors.
It’s never good for things like this to happen, but at least the fallout shouldn’t be as bad as it would have been even during the 08 recession.