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Released WWE NXT star says he is “hurt” and “embarrassed” in statement

Aaron Rift

As previously noted, WWE reportedly released five NXT stars on Tuesday. Bodhi Hayward, who was said to be one of the names cut, confirmed the news in a statement via Twitter…

“What up brodies. It’s your boy, Bodhi Hayward. Brady Booker here, to tell you that I was just released from the WWE. I’m hurt. I’m embarrassed. And brodies, I’m just down bad. For the last 18 months, Andre Chase University and wrestling has been my whole life. But I am no stranger to adversity. Adversity is something that has come up my whole life, and I’ve always found a way to get on top. I will do it again. I’m Brady Booker, and I’m here to stay.” (quote courtesy of WrestleZone.com)

During Wrestling Observer Live, Bryan Alvarez of F4WOnline.com noted the following…

“All I will say, because I don’t know all of the details, but there was stuff going on,” Alvarez said. “I guess the easiest way to describe it is apparently Bodhi was a handful. So it wasn’t just ‘well, let’s get rid of this guy’ or whatever. But I did hear from multiple people that it wasn’t just ‘we’re gonna cut some folks, we’re gonna cut this person who was right in the middle of a storyline.’ There was more to Bodhi’s story. That’s really all I can say because I don’t know what the more is. But you know, you got a bunch of guys and whatever and they’re in Florida and there’s a loop and god only knows what can happen.” (quote courtesy of WrestlingNews.co)