5 Exact moments when WWE stars decided to leave

#2 Exact moment MVP decided to leave WWE

MVP explained in an interview with VICELAND in June 2019 that he left WWE in December 2010 following a disagreement that he had with an executive backstage.

“After having been at WWE and being somebody who was being groomed to be a World Champion, I ran afoul of some politics and spent three months on a losing streak.”

The former United States Champion went on to reveal that somebody said something out of turn to him at a time when he was already considered his options, prompting him to request his release.

“I had a confrontation with one of the executives. He came out of his mouth to me, sideways. I told him, 'Man, you don't talk to me like that.' He told me to go f*** myself. At that moment I decided, ‘OK, I'm done here.’ I said, 'No, you go f*** yourself.'"

MVP said he was “mentally done” at that stage of his WWE career and he had aspirations to work elsewhere, particularly in Japan.

After being granted his release, he was told that he could return in one or two years as an even bigger star. However, following spells in NJPW, IMPACT Wrestling and MLW, among other promotions, it took almost 10 years before WWE officially rehired MVP in 2020.