Fans may be outraged at WWE’s latest wave of talent cuts, but John ‘Bradshaw’ Layfield believes that these releases aren’t based in WWE alone.
On a recent edition of the “Something to Wrestle” podcast, JBL argued that mass layoffs are prevalent in several sports. He said,
“You see this in every single sport. You see this in entertainment. You see this everywhere. A person gets old, and they end up either getting retired or somebody tells them to step aside.”
While many fans have taken issue with Triple H for these cuts, Layfield believes the criticism of WWE’s Chief Content Officer is misguided. He said,
“The hate that I’ve seen on the internet, though, I think is misguided, as far as Hunter [Triple H] and Nick. I mean, it’s bulls**t. This is a business, and when you get older and you have contracts that are high, you’ve got a 90-day out on most of these contracts.
“I don’t know what’s in the contracts today. There’s a confidentiality clause. I know the contracts used to be that way. I assume they’re still the same way.”
WWE cut several stars in May, including Shayna Baszler, Cora Jade, Braun Strowman, Dakota Kai, and Eddy Thorpe, among others.
