Ryback on the Miz and Possible Reason for Recent WWE Releases

On the latest episode of Conversation with the Big Guy, Ryback spoke at length about The Miz and possible reasons for Darren Young, Summer Rae and Emma being released from WWE.

On what he thinks of former Intercontinental Champion The Miz:

“I think Miz works really, really hard. I will never say anything bad about the Miz. I love the Miz. I came up with him from Tough Enough. He works hard in different ways. Is he the biggest, toughest, baddest guy in the world? No, but he works really hard and he has always been given opportunities to talk and he’s always taken advantage of that. He’s always been given the opportunity, and to his credit he has always delivered. I like him having opportunities because he always takes advantage of them, and when he doesn’t have opportunities of course it is hard to take advantage of that.”

On Young being released:

“Darren Young, I have known for a long, long time, and he loves professional wrestling. That was the one for me–being a former Nexus, we all came in together, and I just know how much he loves wrestling, so that one really affected me. I know he’s had a couple of injuries, everyone gets injured up there, but he could have contributed much more had he been allowed to. He had done a lot of PR work for them and was always grateful for everything he had, and he was the kind of guy that didn’t get a lot of TV opportunities.”

On if Young being gay had anything to do with his release:

“He was a guy that ‘came out’ years ago, and I applaud him for doing it. It never affected anything. Some people thought it may have saved his job, but I don’t know how that would or wouldn’t save his job. There have been gay people in wrestling for years, but he’s been a hard worker. In my opinion, I thought he was going to become a Trainer for WWE because he seemed to like that aspect of the business and helping people; and not to say he can’t because I’m sure there will be opportunities for him down the road, but I don’t know what was going on, I’m not there.”

On Rae being released:

“With Summer Rae I’m not sure what the deal was. She hadn’t been on television for a while. I always got along great with Summer Rae, I’m not there but I don’t know what the situation was with that, but I’m sure she will be fine. She had other things going on besides wrestling.”

Finally, on Emma being released:

“With Emma, I know a lot of people thought it was weird because she had a competitive match with Asuka at the pay per view and on Raw. I’m sure she’s had good matches on live events as well, but she just wasn’t used on TV in a good fashion; not to say, apparently with Emma supposedly with social media—if you do stuff out of the company guidelines and when you Tweet things about not being used the right way, or about your booking or creative, things like that when you don’t do yourself any favors, just go talk to them if you are not tweeting.”

With H/T to WrestlingInc.

If you are interested in seeing The Miz take on Ryback, you can check out the video we have provided below. This match took place back in 2015, before Ryback eventually left the company.

Ryback vs. The Miz: Raw, Aug. 17, 2015

What do you believe are the reasons behind each of the releases? Do you think anybody should have been released to begin with here? Are you a fan of The Miz?

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