Female Wrestling Legend Suggests How Vince McMahon Could Have Used $12 Million for Good

Vince McMahon has been the boss of WWE for the past five decades and has a lot of experience under his belt. But even the boss wasn’t ready when the pandemic knocked on his door. It struck the wrestling industry and WWE heavily. Closing down arenas and shows for a few weeks was unheard of in the history of the business.

While fans were understandable of WWE’s condition in hard times, they were not happy about one thing. WWE laid off a lot of wrestlers and officials when the pandemic occurred, giving the reason for budget cuts. But the financial records of the company showed massive profits. This made fans upset about their favorite wrestlers leaving the company. In addition to that, they gave these wrestlers no prior indication of their release from the company.

Missy Hyatt offers alternative use for the alleged hush money paid by Vince McMahon

A former WCW legend dubbed the ‘First Lady of WCW’, Missy Hyatt spoke out about the recent Wall Street Journal report detailing the alleged hush money paid by Vince McMahon. Her alternative use for the huge amount is something the wrestling industry desperately needs.

While WWE wasn’t the place she would find success, she became a female icon in WCW. Having feuds with Medusa, managing the Steiner Brothers, and serving her role as the commentator, she was a full package.

As a treat to fans, she appeared in Impact Wrestling’s Homecoming tournament in 2021.

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The state of WWE wrestlers in the pandemic era

What we would know as the deadly Wednesdays, WWE would release 20 people contracted with the company on April 15th, 2020, a Wednesday. 19 of which were wrestlers including the living legend, Kurt Angle. Along with the release, WWE announced that these reductions will be temporary in nature. But it has been 2 years since WWE released Rusev, who returned to the sport as Miro.

Every media outlet criticized the move, but WWE kept on releasing all throughout 2020, 2021, and 2022. To this day, more than 150 wrestlers have been released or asked for their release. They released most of them under the pretense of budget cuts. And there was no consistency in the releases, either.

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They released big names like Braun Strowman and Bray Wyatt while they were still involved in feuds on WWE television. Tell us about the WWE release which made you upset the most over the years in the comments below.