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WWE locker room are reportedly furious at releases

Rusev was one of the Superstars who were released

With a number of Superstars being released, it was bound to have an effect on the Superstars still with WWE. Sportskeeda’s Tom Colohue revealed the mood in the WWE locker room following the news of the releases and it looks like the locker room are not happy. Here's what Colohue said in his latest update on the backstage response:

The second that everyone was informed the cuts were going to be happening I started getting messages basically saying, ‘This is not on, this is wrong.’ The locker room is furious and it goes from top to bottom. Nobody in any way is accepting of this. There is massive disappointment, massive anger and there is still an underlying worry anyone could be next.

A number of main roster talent, NXT talent, as well as producers and other personnel were released by WWE earlier this week. The cuts were made due to the financial implications imposed by the coronavirus outbreak and the restrictions imposed by it. The question remains as to how necessary the releases really were.