Earlier this week, Alexander Wolfe received his release from WWE, and the former Imperium member has opened up about the circumstances surrounding his departure. Wolfe performed on NXT less than 24 hours before his reported departure hit wrestling sites everywhere, and even he didn’t see the move coming. Wolfe told Inside The Ropes:
“No, nothing at all. After it happened, it kind of made sense what happened two weeks before. Not storyline-wise, more like backstage-wise. But it was weird. Like, first off, that was one of the most things that stung me, what really sucked was the way it was. I mean, it’s a send off and of course it has to happen somehow but, for me, I get the whole point how they did it and it’s better that then just disappear without explanation.”
Wolfe, who is also a former member of Sanity, also expressed gratitude about facing his Sanity stablemate, Killian Dain, in his final NXT match. Alexander spoke about the attack from Marcel Barthel and Fabian Aichner as well, and explained:
“I’m happy that I could do it with my best friends. So I had to match against Killian Dain and we get the send-off from two of my mates, which I’m very good and very like… It’s two of my friends. They could give me their farewell and I’m happy for them that they had the chance like to give me that. But on the other side, it was very weird. So now I hear like a lot of reports, it should have happened three weeks ago and it explains a lot of things why they kind of like stalled the storyline, because usually they plan the match and then Triple H is like, ‘Let’s do another angle. Let’s go with it next week.'”
Wolfe followed by explaining why he believes there's a disconnect between creative and performer in NXT, stating:
“In general, they do not give you a lot of heads up with creative – just speaking with NXT, I don’t know how it is right now up there with RAW and SmackDown – but they don’t give you a lot of heads up, because with on everything, one guy gets tested positive and the entire storyline has to get postponed in the future. But with me was the thing I tried to get a hold of Triple H or even Shawn Michaels, and both those guys are very busy men. Shawn is very busy. Triple H is more busy with his position, and everything. So I kind of like told myself, yeah, if they don’t have the time, no need to rush because my plan was originally… I want to move back to Germany anyway because I have a two year old kid and I want him to grow up with his grandparents – and they don’t get younger.”
(H/T and transcribed by ITRWrestling)
