It was just around this time last year that WWE shocked the wrestling community by announcing the release of Big Cass.
The reason for his departure was revealed within days, as sources claimed that numerous problems backstage ultimately doomed Big Cass’s career in WWE. One of the reasons stemmed from the now infamous segment where Big Cass mocked Daniel Bryan by dressing up a little person as the former WWE Champion and then attacked him.
Reports stated that officials backstage were furious over Cass going against their wishes, and speaking with
Pro-Wrestling Sheet, the former WWE superstar reveals that it was a “f**king mistake” on his part (transcript courtesy of wrestletalk.com):
“It was a f***ing mistake. It was a dumb decision on my part. So stupid. It was probably the worst decision I ever made. And it’s so crazy what I was going through at the time, because if you would’ve told anybody two years prior — even a year prior — that I was gonna do that, they would’ve said ‘you’re f***ing crazy. He’s a model employee.’ I regret it to this day. So f***ing stupid. I just did what I thought was right and it was a very stupid decision. Very f***ing stupid. I shouldn’t have done it.”
Now going as CaZXL on the independent scene, the former WWE superstar says he enjoyed working with Daniel Bryan before his release from the promotion, but feels that he let down a lot of people in WWE:
“I’m happy I had that experience, but I’m also disappointed in myself. I’m disappointed that I let the company down. Vince down. Hunter down. I let Bryan down because Bryan was really excited to work with me. And I let him down. These are things I have to deal with now. Learning experiences."
"But, looking back on it, yeah … I’m very disappointed in myself. I’m more disappointed that I let people down that wanted that to work out. But there are bigger forces at hand that were going against me in that point in time.”
Feel free to check out the full interview where CaZXL talks about the ROH/NJPW segment, his life after he was released from the WWE, and much more.