Five months ago, it was reported by Fightful Select that Jagger Reid (previously known as James Drake) and Rip Fowler (previously known as Zack Gibson), collectively known as The Dyad, had requested their WWE releases. Nevertheless, their requests were denied at the time, with the duo later taking to social media to acknowledge this and reveal they still intended to depart the company once their deals expired in October. Now, though, it has been confirmed by Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio that the tag team is no longer with the company, seemingly having been quietly let go a month early.
“Rip Fowler and Jagger Reid are gone. Their contract is up, and I thought there was going to be some kind of angle or something, but it’s just, they’re gone.”
Dave MeltzerThe British pair began their WWE careers under the tag team name of the Grizzled Young Veterans and were the inaugural NXT UK Tag Team Champions. However, once WWE decided to strictly enforce owning the names of all talents, the duo would be repackaged and given new names. This led to them joining Joe Gacy’s Schism faction, and while the group was much-maligned at the time of its formation, once The Rock’s daughter Ava Raine joined them, it appeared they were set for big things.
