Major Talent Cuts Rock WWE in Wake of TKO Merger, Employee Layoffs

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Emma, Mustafa Ali, Rick Boogs, Elias, Aliyah, Top Dolla, Riddick Moss, Cedric Alexander, Shelton Benjamin, Dolph Ziggler, and maybe more have been released from WWE following the TKO merger.

. Since the news of the releases has come mostly from the social media accounts of the released wrestlers, it's possible there are more that have yet to be revealed.For Alam, the cut was particularly surprising, as Mustafa Ali was set for a title match againstlater this month, a storyline that played out as recently as on last night's NXT, when Ali vowed to visitgetting a title match before him.

The news of talent cuts follows big shakeups in the company, with a mustachioed and ghoulishly hair-dyedin Stamford earlier this week where he demanded applause and claimed the company had stagnated, forcing him to negotiate the merger deal and return to power.

 

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