News broke over the weekend that Neville is no longer under contract with WWE. This was first reported by Pro Wrestling Sheet, who said that Neville was no longer tied up to a WWE deal. After that news broke, Dave Meltzer reported that Neville is now free to wrestle elsewhere.
Mike Johnson of PWInsider says that he has also confirmed with two different sources that Neville is no longer under a WWE contract. However, he did mention something that was pretty interesting.
According to Johnson, Neville was spotted last week in Pittsburgh. This is where WWE sends their talents for medical testing. Johnson adds that the “timing of that is extremely interesting”.
Something strange does seem to be going on. As of writing this, Neville’s profile remains under the active Superstars list on WWE’s roster page. Also, the company has not released any statement that announces Neville has been released. On the conference call prior to NXT Takeover: Brooklyn, Triple H was asked about Neville’s status. Here is what he said:
“To be honest, I’m not 100% positive. I would need to go back and look into that.”
“You are 100% right, [Neville] is one of the most talented guys in the world. I love the time that he spent with us in NXT, he did a great job of building up the Cruiserweight division on 205 [Live]. Time will see where that ends up.”
Seems pretty strange that the Executive Vice President of Talent, Live Events and Creative for WWE wouldn’t know what was going with the status of one of his Superstars.
Is there a chance Neville could be coming back to WWE under a new deal? This is all speculation at the moment but certainly an interesting topic of conversation.
h/t to The Chairshot