On Friday afternoon, news broke that WWE had released ten wrestlers from NXT and developmental. Among them was Malcolm Bivens, who was managing Diamond Mine, and it was assumed it was simply due to budget cuts and WWE not having anything for him. However, Fightful Select has now reported that he was let go before his contract could expire next year, with him having turned down a contract renewal offer earlier this year. Additionally, it had been proposed that he manage Omos on Raw, but he declined for reasons currently known only to himself.
What the future holds for Bivens remains to be seen, but seemingly his release isn’t devastating to him as he appears to have wanted out of WWE. Besides, there has already been speculation about him joining AEW, as he previously managed MJF when they worked together on the indies, and shortly after the news broke, the AEW star would tweet a photo of them together. He did, though, quickly delete it.
