Viewpoint On Wrestling Update: Darren Young and Summer Rae also released

Whilst I'm in the midst of writing my last post because it was a big surprise, two more names got released by WWE.

BREAKING NEWS: WWE has come to terms on the releases of WWE Superstars Darren Young and Summer Rae. https://t.co/CU8R144QG2

— WWE (@WWE) October 29, 2017

These are far less of a surprise.  Summer Rae had been drafted to RAW but had not appeared.  In fact, best that I can tell, Summer Rae hasn't appeared on screen since Wrestlemania 32.  Rae was another one who was with FCW in 2011, and became FCW General Manager in March 2012.  When FCW became NXT, she became a ring announcer for NXT, before transitioning to actual wrestling in 2013.  She became Fandango's dance partner and valet in April 2013, and she would stay in the main roster for the rest of her career.  She never won a single title during her time in WWE.

Darren Young on the other hand first appeared in a WWE ring back in 2005, usually as a jobber on episodes of WWE Heat and WWE Velocity, when they were B-shows to RAW and SmackDown respectively.  Darren would also join FCW, though that was in 2009, and would be in a tag team with Percy Watson, called The South Beach Party Boys.

He was one of the rookies in the first season of the NXT game show/reality show.  He later became part of the infmaous Nexus group and angle.  He would return for Season 5 of NXT, and would have a rivalry with Titus O'Neil.  In 2012 Young and O'Neill became The Prime Time Players and were signed to Smackdown.  The Prime Time Players would be split up in 2014 but came back together in 2015 when they would go on to win the WWE Tag Team Championship from the New Day.

Darren Young hasn't been on TV since injuring his arm in January 2017. 

I'm hoping there are no more releases to come today, I'm not sure I can keep up.

Viewpoint On Wrestling: Emma Released

Man, this one has caught me by surprise.  Just seen a post on Facebook, from WWE's official Facebook, that Emma has been released.

Emma, real name Tenille Dashwood, has been with WWE since 2011, when she was in their Florida Championship Wrestling developmental territory.  FCW became NXT in 2012, and competed several times for the NXT Women's Championship, but never won it.  She was called up to the main roster in 2014 and stayed there for about a year before returning to NXT.  She was once again called up to the main roster in March 2016.  And in all that time, she never won a single title.  In fact, she was barely midcard in the WWE women's roster, sometimes little more than a jobber.

I was expecting her to be part of the upcoming Survivor Series 5 on 5 match between RAW and SmackDown's women's divisions.  Obviously that is not going to be the case.

WWE released their fairly standard statement on the release on WWE.com.  It read...

"WWE has come to terms on the release of WWE Superstar Emma. 
WWE wishes Emma the best in all of her future endeavors."

But what are her future endeavours?  She hasn't posted on Twitter since Friday, and her last post was kinda cryptic...

Walking into the weekend like...

Photo: @HarryLHGFX
HMUA: @stellakae pic.twitter.com/OxkJJe5dYf

— EMMA (@EmmaWWE) October 27, 2017

Obviously, we won't be seeing her in a WWE ring anytime soon, but she could make an appearance on Impact Wrestling or Ring Of Honor, as they continue to slowly establish their Women Of Honor division, or she could appear in a Women's only promotion, such as Shimmer or Shine.

Whatever happens, I wish Tenille all the very best in whatever she does.