Dolph Ziggler and Shelton Benjamin were both released by WWE as part of TKO’s mass firings following the WWE-UFC merger.
On a recent edition of his “1 Of A Kind” podcast, WWE Hall of Famer Rob Van Dam discussed Benjamin’s firing from WWE. He said,
“Shelton’s a great guy, and an incredible athlete. I have no idea what they were or were not doing with him, but I know that when I worked before with him, back in 2005 or 2006, I always felt like the office really respected him a lot by the push they were giving him. I worked him a lot, and you’re like all at some level of getting pushed or feeling like you’re getting disrespected and not pushed, or getting promises broken to you about being pushed. I just remember he was very good, [a] great athlete, and he knew what he was doing. [He was] a good guy too.”
On a recent edition of his “Tuesday with The Taskmaster” podcast, former WCW booker Kevin Sullivan reacted to Dolph Ziggler and Shelton Benjamin’s release.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On the talent of Dolph Ziggler: “I don’t know Dolph Ziggler from Adam, but he’s one of the most talented guys I’ve ever seen in my life. Loyal [as the day is long].”
On WWE releasing Shelton Benjamin: “Then Shelton Benjamin, who’s a great friend of mine, he trained amateur with Brock’s [Lesnar] coach. He did anything they wanted, ‘The Gold Standard,’ let go, come back, The Hurt [Business] and you let him go?”
