Details regarding the final months of Bray Wyatt’s run with WWE

As previously noted, WWE announced on Saturday that Bray Wyatt was released by the company.

It is being reported by Fightful Select that during a recent round of cuts, Wyatt’s name was actually brought up along with other wrestlers but the company decided to keep them.

The site also noted the following…

“The creative team had been relayed that Wyatt was getting protective of his character after what were seen as poor creative decisions and ideas thrown his way, though many members of the team didn’t speak to Wyatt directly.”

During a Fightful podcast, Sean Ross Sapp commented on the creative situation with Wyatt…

“When things were passed his way that he wasn’t necessary keen on, I don’t want to say ‘vocal,’ but he wasn’t receptive to it from the people that I spoke to as well.” (quote courtesy of RingsideNews.com)

People within WWE were said to be surprised that Wyatt would be released due to “budget cuts” since his merchandise sold well. Mike Johnson of PWInsider.com noted the following…

“One source pointed the finger squarely at WWE President Nick Khan and CFO Kristina Salen, stating that they are so ‘obsessed’ with the company not being even one iota in the red on the financial ledgers that even after the most recent financial quarter, there had to have been a push to cut costs where with previous regimes, there would have been more leniency.”