Yesterday it was reported that Lars Sullivan was no longer with WWE, having been released from his contract in January. He’d had numerous ups and downs throughout his time with the company, and the initial thought was WWE must have decided to cut bait. However, according to Fightful Select who spoke with Sullivan the decision was actually his. Apparently, the same anxiety issues that caused him to miss out on a WrestleMania match against John Cena became were causing him to struggle to eat and sleep before appearing on television. Sullivan would call himself his own worst enemy and told WWE he was done with wrestling. He credited the company for dealing with his release with compassion and honesty.
Sullivan’s only wrestling experience has been with WWE, having signed with the company in 2013 and having his first official match in 2015. Once we debuted on NXT, he received a huge push, and upon his call up to the main roster, he was scheduled to work with Cena. This didn’t occur due to him suffering an anxiety attack before his Raw debut. He returned to WWE later in the year, but a knee injury put him on the sidelines for 18 months. He’d get medically cleared to return and wrestled two matches on SmackDown but soon vanished from television. There were rumors at the time claiming it was because WWE didn’t want to push both him and Braun Strowman at the same time.
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