Roderick Strong was one of the main stars of NXT for the past few years, especially during his time with the Undisputed era. He is the only one left in the company as Adam Cole, Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly made their way to AEW.
Bryan Alvarez recently spoke on Wrestling Observer Live., Bryan Alvarez said that he thinks Roderick Strong is very likely to leave NXT as well.
“WALTER will be facing Roderick Strong on Tuesday night. God, I hope they give this match time. I don’t know what the future is for Roderick strong, because, you know, Roderick Strong was the Cruiserweight Champion. They’re getting rid of the cruiserweight belt. Clearly, they don’t want cruiserweights. And I believe Roderick Strong just opened up a PW Tees store, so I don’t know what the future is for this guy…
I don’t know if we’ll know more tonight, but I expected him to be destroyed by WALTER… Who knows what his future is from there, but my guess is Roderick Strong will also not be in the Royal Rumble.”
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. Braun Strowman was fired by WWE for a very surprising reason as well.
h/t to Ringside News for the transcription
