Originally published at REPORT: William Regal, 'Road Dogg' Brian James among cuts at WWE
WWE is making its latest round of cuts with staff at NXT being affected by the latest wave.
The company issued the following statement to various media outlets on Wednesday’s cuts:
With the continued evolution of NXT 2.0, we’ve decided to part ways with some of the staff based in our Performance Center. We thank them for their many contributions throughout the years and wish them the best.
WWE has not announced any names but Sean Ross Sapp at Fightful has reported that William Regal (Darren Matthews) ‘Road Dogg’ Brian James, Ace Steel (Christopher Guy), Dave Kapoor, Scott Armstrong (Joseph Scott James), coach Allison Danger (Cathy Corino) and Ryan Katz are among the cuts. Sapp also reported the releases of talents Hachiman (Hideki Suzuki), Timothy Thatcher, and Danny Burch.
Regal has been with WWE since March 2000 and was assigned to Memphis, which served as a developmental territory for the company at that time. He was brought up to the main roster in the fall of that year had a memorable run as commissioner of the WWE and wrestled until 2013.
Since then, Regal was one of the key coaches and staff members at NXT that helped build the roster and included Regal scouring the world and recruiting talent. He was the on-screen commissioner for NXT, although had not appeared on television in several months since the shift to NXT 2.0.
James’ history with WWE goes back to the mid-’90s and was a prominent figure during the Attitude Era alongside DX. In this current run, he had served as a writer and producer going back to 2014 with SmackDown and was later re-assigned to NXT in 2019.
Ace Steel (Christopher Guy) is a 30-year veteran, who joined the company as a coach in NXT in 2019.
Kapoor was an SVP of Operations for WWE and transitioned over to NXT in January 2021. He had been with the company since 2007 where he began on the writing staff and was paired with The Great Khali under the name “Runjin Singh”.
Katz was a creative producer at the WWE Performance Center and had been with the company since June 2013. He had an on-screen presence in the past at NXT when he would introduce The Vaudevillians.
Scott Armstrong, the brother of Road Dogg, had been with WWE since 2006 as a referee and producer. He was furloughed in 2020 but came back later that year.
Mike Johnson at PWinsider.com has also reported that Sarah Cummins, who was senior vice president of consumer products, was released on Wednesday. Johnson was the first to report that NXT producer and writer George Carroll was among the cuts. Carroll started with NXT last June and had appeared on camera several times. He had previously worked with MLW and New Japan Pro Wrestling.
