Austin Aries was recently interviewed by Chris Van Vliet. During the interview, he spoke about his release from WWE a few years ago.
Specifically, Aries revealed Triple H’s reaction to him getting let go. It turns out that the decision was not made by Triple H but Vince McMahon.
Here is what Aries said (h/t to Ringside News for the quotes below):
Friday I got a call from Triple H and he said I was being released. He said he was really shocked. He was as shocked as I was. It was per Vince [McMahon]. He just didn’t have anything for me and that was it.”
“I asked him some questions like if it was contract things we were negotiating, you know? I was literally surprised because there were no issues. I hadn’t had any issues with anybody.”
“I know I can be a f*cking handful, alright? Like I can be a f*cking nightmare I’m not gonna skirt around that and some of those [rumors] are earned and when you put them out there it paints a fuller picture and you’re still saying I’m an asshole and that’s fine. I’m just saying that in this situation I wasn’t going out of my way. I wasn’t expressing any frustrations. The only thing I said to express my frustrations creatively was ‘Hey I have no value left as a cruiserweight’ like it’s not really my role anyway. Like, I didn’t get over by being a babyface on commentary. It was just that Neville was so f*cking hot as a heel and Vince wanted me and Neville so well so I was a babyface.”
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