WWE recently released a handful of stars from NXT, including Dakota Kai and Persia Pirotta citing budgetary cuts. Alongside the former WWE NXT Women’s Tag Team Champion, Harland, Dexter Lumis, Raelyn Divine, Draco Anthony, Vish Kanya, Mila Malani, and others have also been let go. It was earlier reported that John Laurinaitis, who is the WWE Head of Talent Relations sent an internal mail to inform the talents about the release. It seems a lack of communication exists between the top management in WWE and the NXT creative team.
WWE never informed creative team about the cuts
It turns out those working behind the scenes on NXT 2.0 had no clue of incoming releases and had no option but to drop entire storylines and feuds. Malcolm Bivens was managing the Diamond Mine and he also had just rejected a new contract in February, while Persia Pirotta had been heavily featured who paired with Duke Hudson.
On the latest Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer talked about the circumstances surrounding these releases. Dave believes there had to have been a miscommunication somewhere. Otherwise, there would have been no reason to place performers who were about to be fired into on-screen stories.
“They all had storylines that were ongoing and then they were cut. Even the people involved in NXT creative… This tells you. Either it’s a communication issue because if these people were going to get cut, you would probably not want to start storylines with them as they did with Malcom Bivens in particular.”
Harland had been split from Joe Gacy as Gacy entered a main event feud with NXT Champion Bron Breakker. It appears everyone knew about that release in advance. For those who were in the current plans for television, it’s harder to believe that the NXT creative team knew.
