Ahead of an appearance in the UK next month, ex-WWE star Donovan Dijak shared some advice for those Superstars released from the company last week.
NXT and Raw star Dijak, was himself released from WWE in June 2024 when the company decided not to renew his contract. Eight months on, there are few better placed to offer their experience and advice to others. “When those releases started happening, that was the first time in a very long time where I didn’t have to experience the other end of it, which is kind of a bittersweet sort of moment.” Said Dijak. “Nothing sweet about it, but that’s the first time where I started seeing the thing where “so and so has been released” and then another name keeps coming out every so often. Because usually when that happens, and I still have PTSD about it, all my friends start texting me and then we start staring at our phones and we’re looking at it and you’re just waiting for a phone call.” Dijak, who is set to debut for Burning Heart Pro Wrestling in Liverpool next month for their inaugural Championship Tournament, offered up some sage words for those affected. Duke Hudson, Sonya Deville, Cedric Alexander, Akam and Rezar (aka AOP), Blair Davenport, Paul Ellering, Giovanni Vinci, Isla Dawn and The Good Brothers (Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson) were the unfortunate Superstars that did receive the phone call last week. “A lot of these people are my friends and a lot of them I have reached out to. What do you say to someone in that position that can change how they feel? The answer is nothing. There’s nothing that anyone could say to me at that time that could change how I felt.” Said Dijak.
For more, visit Wrestlesphere: https://wrestlesphere.com/donovan-dijak-shares-advice-for-released-wwe-superstars/
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