Just days after producing the best match of his WWE career at the Money in the Bank Pay Per View, Big Cass was fired by the company. The decision was sudden, but it didn’t seem to take many wrestling fans off-guard. In a conversation with Booker T, Cass opened up about his firing, and his honesty was certainly refreshing.
One June 19, just two days after the Money in the Bank Pay Per View, WWE announced they had parted ways with Big Cass. It seemed like Cass was on the rise in the company as an on-screen performer, because even though he was coming off of a second loss to Daniel Bryan on PPV, it was by far the best match of his career to that point.
Immediately after his release, so many rumors swirled about the reasons behind WWE’s decision to part ways. Sports Illustrated, Fightful, and Pro Wrestling Sheet both filed reports on Cass’s release, each of them explaining the reasons behind WWE cutting ties with him.
Cass recently spoke to Booker T on the Heated Conversations podcast to open up about his release. While Cass didn’t talk about any specific circumstances, he admitted that WWE made the right decision to release him, going as far as stating that he would have made the same decision if he were in Vince McMahon’s shoes.
"“I definitely would have fired myself. If I was in Vince McMahon’s position, I would have fired myself for sure, one-hundred percent.”"
He also said:
"“I did some things that I shouldn’t have done. I guess the company couldn’t rely on me and couldn’t trust me. Look, I’ll just be honest with you, in my opinion, they made the right decision for them. It was the right decision to get rid of me at that point in time – not to say I won’t be back – but at that point in time they definitely made the right decision for them. To be honest with you, looking at it they made the right decision for me. Everyone makes mistakes, but when you make that many mistakes in that short of a period of time then you lose people’s trust and you’re not reliable anymore.”"
An all-important hat tip goes to Wrestling Inc’s Joshua Gagnon for the transcription of the interview.
I find it interesting that Cass talks about their being several mistakes in a short period of time, because that seems to jibe with what we’ve heard on the rumor mill. According to Pro Wrestling Sheet’s Ryan Satin, he drew the ire of backstage officials for going off-script against a local talent in a segment that was designed for Cass to get maximum heat in his feud with Daniel Bryan.
It is interesting to note that Bryan praised Cass in an interview with Sky Sports, so it seems like he had at least one person in the locker room who saw the potential in him.
It’s good to hear that Big Cass understands what went wrong, because that should help him as he looks to rebuild his wrestling career on the independent scene. The first chapter of his career as “Big C” (apparently he isn’t going by “Big Cazz” anymore) will take place on Sept. 21 in Spartanburg, South Carolina.