It was reported on Dave Meltzer’s Wrestling Observer Radio show this morning that Cain Velasquez had been released by WWE. The former UFC Heavyweight Champion joins the likes of Kurt Angle, Rusev, Karl Anderson, and Luke Gallows, who were released for budgetary reasons.
Meltzer would say:
As Meltzer stated, Velasquez hasn’t wrestled since Saudi Arabia’s Crown Jewel event in October 2019, where he was squashed by Brock Lesnar in just over 2 minutes due to a knee injury. Since then he has been training at the Performance Center.
The 37-year-old Velasquez has previously wrestled for AAA and had a meeting with New Japan before signing with WWE, so it’s possible his wrestling career isn’t over. He will though, need some rehabbing considering how bad he looked in his one WWE match.
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