WWE Releases Matt Striker

WWE announcer Matt Striker has announced he has been released from the company.

In a tweet on Thursday evening, Striker revealed his contract would not be renewed and that he is now available for independent appearances.

httpss://twitter.com/Matt_Striker_/status/347822356623929345

Striker, real name Matthew Kaye, joined World Wrestling Entertainment in 2005, after famously quiting his full-time teaching job at Benjamin N. Cardozo High School, when the school board found out that he had been using sick days as a way to pursue his wrestling career.