This is the busted open podcast. You can listen to the full show Monday through Saturday

from 9 a.m. to noon Eastern on serious XM fight nation channel 156. Welcome to the

busted open podcast. This is Dave LaGrecca on today's episode WWE Hall of Famer TNA Hall

Famer and the greatest tag team wrestler of all time. Bully Ray and I talk about the

recent release of Bray Wyatt. Why it happened? Where does it go from here? And the creative

have anything to do with it because we go into the creative process in the WWE. All that

right now on the busted open podcast. I don't think anybody saw it coming in. We have

to speak about it this morning as factually as we possibly can because we really don't

know the exact reason why it happened. We've heard some rumors. We were discussing

right before the show started. What we had heard as far as is it true that it was because

of for financial reasons, for cutbacks, for bottom line reasons? Was there some type

of issue going on with Bray mentally? We know that he took the loss of Luke Harper.

Luke Harper, it hit him hard and then his dad got let go from the WWE and then Bo got

let go from the WWE. Just had a newborn just recently. I'm sure a lot of stress, a lot

of stuff building up on Bray over over time. So let's let's try to take these individual

reasons, rumors. We don't know for sure and kind of analyze them, get the nation involved

in the conversation, see what they think. But as of right now, Dave, I think you would

have to agree. We don't know the truth. No, but you know, and we can only speculate

and then the truth will come out. I mean, obviously, this is a crazy time in the world

that the WWE bully. AEW is heating up. AEW is gaining traction and momentum and buzz.

Vince McMahon, in a financial call last week said AEW is not even on our radar. This

isn't like a WCW back in the 90s. He made a remark about the talent and he said kind

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