Source: f4wonline.com

Simon Gotch is gone from WWE.

News of his release was announced on WWE.com, with it being noted that the company and Gotch mutually agreed to part ways. Their statement: "WWE has come to terms on a mutually agreed upon release with Simon Gotch as of today, April 5, 2017. WWE wishes Gotch the best in all his future endeavors."

Gotch was last in action just last night before SmackDown. He teamed with Aiden English in a loss against American Alpha in a dark match before SmackDown went on the air. He was also involved in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal on the WrestleMania 33 pre-show.

After being signed to a developmental contract in 2013, Gotch had his most notable success in the company as part of The Vaudevillains in NXT. They won the NXT tag titles from Blake & Murphy at TakeOver: Brooklyn in August 2015 before dropping them to The Revival at a TV taping a few months later.

Gotch and English were called up to the main roster after WrestleMania last year. They were briefly in the tag title picture before joining SmackDown in the WWE draft, where they were positioned on the lower end of the brand's tag team division.

I can't say I'm surprised. They were major players in the tag team division, and then they weren't being used for anythjng. I wonder if English will follow suit.

Serujuunin wrote:I can't say I'm surprised. They were major players in the tag team division, and then they weren't being used for anythjng. I wonder if English will follow suit.

My guess would be that WWE wants to keep him around in the hopes that he'll convince his wife to come back.

English is good both on the mic and ring, he just needs a good gimmick

Big Red Machine wrote:

Serujuunin wrote:I can't say I'm surprised. They were major players in the tag team division, and then they weren't being used for anythjng. I wonder if English will follow suit.

My guess would be that WWE wants to keep him around in the hopes that he'll convince his wife to come back.

Isn't Aiden under the 205 weight limit for Crusierweights?

I just read somewhere that Gotch was pissing so many people off that English wanted to be separated from him and even punched him in an altercation.

Whether that's true or not, I don't know and sadly I don't have a source as it popped on my Facebook feed.

But if true, that would make a lot of superstars that Gotch has pissed off and probably a huge factor in this release.

XIV wrote:I just read somewhere that Gotch was pissing so many people off that English wanted to be separated from him and even punched him in an altercation.

Whether that's true or not, I don't know and sadly I don't have a source as it popped on my Facebook feed.

But if true, that would make a lot of superstars that Gotch has pissed off and probably a huge factor in this release.

i have heard the same, that he wasn't liked backstage. Sin Cara beat his ass once

In other news... I totally forgot Blake and Murphy ever existed lol.

KILLdozer wrote:In other news... I totally forgot Blake and Murphy ever existed lol.

Me too (although with Murphy that might more be wishing really hard).