{"id":91778,"date":"2021-05-19T13:56:56","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T18:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=91778"},"modified":"2021-05-19T13:56:56","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T18:56:56","slug":"nxt-referee-drake-wuertz-and-a-second-referee-released-by-wwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2021\/05\/19\/nxt-referee-drake-wuertz-and-a-second-referee-released-by-wwe\/","title":{"rendered":"NXT referee Drake Wuertz and a second referee released by WWE"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-2435967346\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Jason Powell<\/b>, ProWrestling.net Editor (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prowrestlingnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@prowrestlingnet<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>WWE has released referees Drake Wuertz and Jake Clemons, according to Sean Ross Sapp of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fightful.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fightful.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> Wuertz raised ref flags with what many feel are extreme political beliefs by going public with his opinion that mask mandates somehow helped human traffickers. At one point, Wuertz even called into an online government meeting from the WWE Performance Center while dressed in an NXT shirt and loudly delivered his arguments. &#8220;If this is \u2018Radical\u2019 then label me an extremist for Christ,&#8221; Wuertz recently wrote on his Facebook page after laying out some of his beliefs. 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