Simon Gotch was recently released by WWE and the man now known as Simon Grimm on the independents has shed some light on why exactly there's so much negativity surrounding Enzo Amore. He has, of course, been the subject of numerous reports recently, none of which have portrayed him in a particularly good light all point to him being unpopular with his fellow wrestlers.
After saying that Amore "believes his own bullsh*t," Grimm went on to say that he "doesn't know wrestling" and ridiculed the fact that he broke his leg down in NXT while attempting to counter a wristlock! He also claims that he got no heat from giving Amore a concussion at Payback because it's a well-known fact backstage that he's not a particularly good wrestler!
"He's almost touching the ropes, maybe a quarter of the way off because, obviously, I don't want him to be too close or Cass will tag him. I go, I start running with him, I'm ghosting him the whole way, my hands are here and here, just holding him. He's running, running, running, he hits the slide, boom, hits. I follow through, [and taunt] 'yeah, motherf--ker! Yeah.' I go out of the ring. I look at him. I'm like, 'man, he's selling the s--t out of this, cool.' I go to grab him. I'm a light touch with stuff like grabbing because I know how bad that sucks when someone just grabs you and just f--king… so literally, fingers on temples, side of the head. He comes with me. I'm like, 'okay, he's good.' Charles [Robinson], the referee, says we're in replays, so I let go of [Enzo], turn around, start jaw-jacking with the crowd, I turn back around I see this, I see the 'X'. I go, 'oh f--k. He's out.'" Gotch added, "I never knew if there was any [heat]. I think most people know that Enzo was kind of a clod in the ring."
Ouch. While there's no denying that Amore knows his stuff on the mic, he isn't a good wrestler, so it will be interesting to see what WWE decides to do with him after this feud with Big Cass. There's been talk of sending him back to NXT or putting him on 205 Live but if everyone holds this same opinion of Amore, it's fair to say that his future with the company could now be in doubt.
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