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from the Hardy’s returning to the WWE two other former employees signed new
deals. Jim Ross was brought in to call the Wrestlemania Roman Reigns/Undertaker
match since it was going to the Taker’s last match. It looked to be a one-off
but Ross signed a two-year contract the very next day. The deal will have Ross
do multiple things with WWE which could have him call matches; do work for the
WWE Network, DVD’s and more. At the NXT TakeOver show before Mania we also saw
the return of Drew Galloway under his old WWE name of Drew McIntyre. He had
decided not to return to Impact and suggested he was going to work in multiple
promotions but decided to return home. The WWE is also likely to be the home of
Mike Bennett so Maria Kanelis will also return to where she began her career.
Who we will not be seeing in WWE is Simon Gotch since he and WWE decided to part
ways. His last appearance was in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal on
the WrestleMania 33 pre-show. His tag team partner Aiden English has gone back
to the singing gimmick he used before he was put with Gotch as the Vaudevillains.
Gotch had a few issues backstage with a few of the boys and got into a backstage
fist fight with Sin Cara in the summer of 2016. His personality rubbed a lot of
people the wrong way. Tajiri is also leaving the company after his recovery from
a knee injury. He will return to Japan. And in a related note backstage WWE NXT
interviewer Andrea DiMarco has been released but rumors that Tough Enough winner
Josh Bredl has been cut were proven false. |
