Some of the WWE NXT Superstars and employees who had been working behind the scenes are reportedly no longer with the company. Continuing the spree of recent releases, WWE trimmed down more names from the developmental wing of their brand, as of last night. This time around, the budget cut reasons weren’t noted but rather the ongoing renovation was pointed out.
WWE issued a statement to mention that due to WWE NXT 2.0 changes, several producers, writers, and coaches were being released. WWE Hall of Famer “Road Dogg” Brian James was the first major name to be revealed followed by Sarah Cummins, who was working as the Senior Vice President of Consumer Products. It was then revealed that William Regal, Dave Kapoor were also gone from the company.
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Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful then confirmed four more departures from WWE NXT brand those have been given below:
* Hideki Suzuki: Suzuki has been working under the name of Hachiman of The Diamond Mine faction who last appeared during this week’s New Year’s Evil special. He was hired from Japan in April 2021 for coaching purposes for the developmental territory.
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Two former mainstay WWE NXT names released
* Timothy Thatcher: one of the previous mainstay names of WWE NXT had been working as a coach during his absence from TV. He last wrestled on the August 24 NXT show that was a loss to Ridge Holland. He was out from WWE TV due to a storyline throat injury who never came back. WWE hired Thatcher in February 2020.
* Danny Burch: The former tag champion has also been involved in some coaching while being away from WWE NXT TV. Burch had been out of action for most of the early part of 2021 with a shoulder injury but returned in late August to form a stable with partner Oney Lorcan, Pete Dunne, and Ridge Holland, but Dunne and Holland eventually turned on them in September. Burch signed a WWE contract in April 2018 as he leaves the company as a one-time NXT Tag Team Champion.
* Cathy Corino: This veteran women superstar is better known as Allison Danger. WWE hired Corino to work as a coach on WWE NXT back in October who was helping out with the SummerSlam Weekend tryouts in Las Vegas. She is the younger sister to ECW Original and current WWE Producer/Trainer Steve Corino.
