Erick Rowan a former WWE star who played some massive roles during his WWE career. He had been a part of the famous WWE faction Wyatt family, he had been a part of a famous Tag Team, he worked as Daniel Bryan’s partner, as long as he was active in WWE, he was pretty valuable for the promotion.
Erick Rowan was introduced to the WWE Universe as a part of the famous Wyatt Family. It was a three man faction at first which later became a four man faction. Rowan had been a very valuable member of the faction. They are had been a lot of ups and downs in this faction. Sometime if he became a part of it, sometime he was against it.
Erick Rowan Sets the Record Straight: WWE Release and the People Responsible
He also worked as a tag team with Luke Harper outside of the Wyatt Family and their team was famously known as the Bludgeon Brothers. This deadly do has also won Tag Team championships of WWE. The Bludgeon Brothers was one of the most famous tag teams of its time.
In 2019 he teamed up with Daniel Bryan and he kept on helping Bryan during his WWE championship reign. It was a fun time of his career. In 2020 he was released from WWE never to come back again. Right now he is active on the independent circuit. But whom does he blame for his WWE release? Speaking on the the Heated Shenanigans podcast he said;
Erick Rowan Blames Himself For His Release
On who he blames for his release: “If something doesn’t work, I blame myself, I don’t blame creative. I do whatever they ask me to, to the best of my ability. If they say talk, I’ll go out there and talk. if they say don’t say a word, I go out there and don’t say a word. I try to do things to make myself interesting with whatever parameters they give you.”
On his failed storyline with the spider cage: “I was upset because I was just coming off a run where I was able to open my mouth, speak, actually have some character. They kind of just swept it all underneath my feet … So, in my head that not working was a failure to me.”
On his post-WWE success: “In my head that was a failure. But then I started with the acting stuff and now I’m wrestling a lot more and I think people get too hard on themselves.” Said the former two times WWE Tag Team Champion.
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