In April, WWE made the decision to release Matt Cardona (a.k.a. Zack Ryder). He's currently stuck in a 90-day non-compete clause, but fans are already speculating wildly about what his in-ring future could look like. However, during a recent edition of his and Brian Myers' (Curt Hawkins) Major Wrestling Figure Podcast, Cardona revealed a shocking story about a request made by the company a few weeks ago.
"I’m sitting by the pool with Chelsea, and she has a weird look on her face," he explains. "She’s checking her phone, and I’m like, ‘Babe, what’s up?’ She’s like, ‘Uh, someone from WWE asked me if Otis, Mandy Rose, and a camera crew can come here to film a pool scene for SmackDown.’ I was shaking in anger. Shaking in anger. You fired me, but you want to use my pool?"
"I had a tweet sent, and I say this sometimes, ‘Don’t press send.’ [Laughs] It was a ‘Don’t press send’ tweet. I was just very, like, ‘You fired me, but you want to use my pool a couple weeks later?’ I was pissed. The fact is they didn’t even ask me, they asked her!"
He didn't make it clear whether they did allow WWE to use their pool, but Chelsea Green remains part of the NXT roster, and it seems likely she would have felt pressured into saying yes. Honestly, though, it's beyond disrespectful that WWE would do this, and you have to hope it boils down to miscommunication and nothing more.
How would you guys have felt about this?