WWE have released Braun Strowman, Aleister Black, Lana, Ruby Riott, Santana Garrett, and Buddy Murphy. The reason cited was part of budget cuts, and Strowman was being paid $1.2 million per year according to The Wrestling Observer Newsletter. The former WWE Universal Champion signed a new contract in October 2019, so the budget cut regarding Strowman is the WWE’s biggest saving financially from all of the talent cuts in the last year plus during the pandemic. Ruby Riott was the former tag team partner of Liv Morgan and are very close in real life. Liv Morgan also called out a fired WWE Superstar recently.
On this week’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown, Live Morgan paid tribute to Ruby Riott in a very stealthy manner. Liv Morgan often refers to Ruby Riott as ‘Rue’, a shortened version of her first name. As many eagle-eyed fans noticed, Liv Morgan was wearing a black band around her leg with the name ‘Rue’ on it as she defeated Carmella in a singles match.
Apart from that, Liv Morgan also had a rematch with Brodie Lee Jr. at Natalya and Tyson Kidd’s dungeon in Florida on Sunday. This was shown by Brodie Lee Jr.’s mom, Amanda Huber, who took to Instagram and uploaded a short video of the two competing inside the squared circle.
“The rematch everyone has been waiting for -1 vs @yaonlylivvonce. Thank you again to @natbynature and @tjwilson711 for letting us come hang out and letting B roll around. He always looks forward to being around wrestling and this is a safe way for him to learn basics without bumping around. Keeping close to wrestling has been so important for the boys and staying close to the people they have known for their whole lives has been even more important. We don’t have any blood relatives in Florida, so keeping close to our wrestling family has been a huge part in our healing process.”
