Kind of long. sorry please bear with me.
So far, all of the releases that have came today do not shock me. Helms, Burchill, and Maria... As far as Maria goes, sure she is one hot diva, but she has never really done anything in wwe and was awful in the ring. With all of her other projects going on and being off tv for so long, this was no suprise. They have no need to keep her around.
With Burchill, there is no denying that he is good in the ring, but does anyone honestly care about him or even really know who he is. He was on ecw forever with nothing to do. He had a small feud going on with Helms but that was about it. He was pretty good on the mic as well and although he could make a descent mid card heel, no one cares about him. He will never be a draw for anything and would definately never be a champion.
I was most dissapointed to see Helms get released, but no shocker here. With the recent run in with the law that was made public and way overblown, he already had some heat on him. He was great in the ring but the hurricane gimmick was going to go no where. He was a lot better as gregory helms but then he suffered a sever neck injury. He came back and was put on ecw as the hurricane and had nothing to do since. I dont know if he was just limited in the ring when he came back or if his neck injury had something to do with it, but he did not seem like the same in ring preformer that he once was. Being on ecw and using the stupid hurricane gimmick really hurt him. No disrespect to his in ring work because he was good, but no one cared about him and his was never going to go anywhere with the hurricane gimmick being on ecw with no good opponents to face. He will most likely end up in TNA with shannon morre and hardy, and hopefully they will use him properly and make him relevent again. Although I wont be watching though because i dont really watch tna.
Im sure there are more releases coming. Here is who I can see getting released, or at least who i feel the wwe needs to release because they are a waste of time. hornswoggle: That should be all i have to say but anyways, he should have probably been the first to be released, but since wwe is pg and geared towards kids he probably wont even be released. He is a waste of time and serves no purpose. He should not be taking up valuable air time on raw that gets taking away form other superstars. Mark Henry: enough is enough. This guy cant run or wrestle and is a complete waste of time. No one wants to see him wrestle, especially when he is just losing to smaller guy that just is not believable. He is just holding MVP back and pretty much still in wwe because they do not know what to do with mvp so they decide to stick him with henry to form another tag team because they really only have aobut 2 real tag teams in that terrible division. Chavo Guerrero: This is one that probably also will not happen, but what was the last relevent thing he has done besides emberass himself with hornswoglle for like a month. He is good in the ring and underutilized but again, no one cares about him and wants to see him in a match if they have nothing good for him and no one good enough to wrestle him. He has been around for too long with nothing to do. Goldust: Why did the wwe even bring him back? The goldust character was never even really good or worked in the first place so why they decided to bring him back on tv confuses me. I know he is a veteran and can somewhat wrestle, but honestly who cares. But since his brother is in a big angle and his dad runs fcw the wwe decided to give him a job and i doubt he will be released. No one wants to see goldust wrestle anyone period. Primo: Again, good talent in the ring and somewhat exciting to watch in the ring but nothing too amazing. He has no character or personality, and is given no time at all to talk. When he was brought in, all they said was he was carlito's brother and that was it. Another wast of time that no one cares about or wants to see. Abraham Washington and Tony Atlas: These guys dont even wrestler and have the worst talk show segment in wwe history thats a complete wast of time and money. Charlie Hass: The last good and entertaining thing he did was when he immitated other wrestlers for like a month straight. He is boring and no one cares about him as well. He is descent in the ring but will go nowhere and has nothing to do. Jimmy Wang Yang: another good athlete but his gimmick is awful and with no cruserweight division this guy is alway going to have pointless matches that no one cares about. Mike Knox: Pretty big guy with scary look and lots of power but has never done anything in the wwe. No one has cared about this guy since day one. He only wrestles on superstars (just about every episode) and since no one watches that show, the do not care. They have tried to push him and it is just not goin to work. No one watches superstars anyways so just get rid of him. The Great Khali (and that sinjh dude that his manager) Sure he is a huge guy and interesting to look at when he is walking into the ring, but if there is one person that i have seen that can not wrestle at all it is this guy. I mean his finishing move is a slap to the face! come on seriously? He cant speak english and hes been dancing around with matt hardy for the last month. He cant do anything in the ring so why is he even there. Vladimer Kozlov: This guy is crap period. WWE has tried to push and push him but he has never gotten over. He squashed nobodies on smackdown, no one cared and that didnt work but was somehow put into an elimination chamber match?, went to ecw where he squashed nobodies and no one still cared and that didnt work. If it hasnt worked for the last 2 years, its not going to work get rid of him. Kane: He is probably one of the most under rated and poorly utilized wreslers in wwe history. He has the size, technique, and character to be a star. Unfortunately, he was poorly used. When he first debut, he was awesome then, wwe slowly ruined his character. They made him talk and demasked him which proved to be his biggest downfall. He has had only 1 championship reign if you can even call it that. Quit putting him in the mitb match at mania and in pointless matches against the ic champion or rey mysterio. If you are not going to give him a serious storyline, then he is pointless. He is just there because he is a big man who can wrestle but he serves no purpose now and that is a dissapointment. Time to get rid of him. Matt Hardy: Although I was once big on him and a fan of his. After his feud with Jeff that ended in him breaking his hand, he has really went downhill. He is really out of shape and has not put on a good match in months. He does not have the same in ring ability he once had and has never been that good on the mic. What happened to him. He had a pretty good feud with mvp on smackdown and even got the win over jeff at mania. He was on the right track and somehow started to drastically decline. He serves no point now and no one wants to see him dance and jump around with Khali. Go ahead and get rid of him so he can join tna with his brother and maybe have something good for him to do for a while or at least disguise the fact that he is just not that good anymore.
Other guys who should be released who are self explanatory include Slam Master J, Kung Fu Naki, and Tyler Reks
The WWE has always released a number of superstars each year and some of them have been pretty good wrestlers with lot of talent who just dont have anything for them to do. One thing I really wish they would do is bring back a light heavyweight. cruserweight division. This would help guys like helms, chavo, charlie hass, jimmy wang yang, primo, chavo (guys who i think will be released) and guys like evan bourne, carlito, and even mysterio. (guys who i hope dont get released) These guys, with the exception of mysterio, never have anything good for them to do because they are given no time. All the time is focused on the mid carders and main eventers. These guys are given pointless matches that no one cares about. And im sorry, i dont care how good mysterio is, it is just not believable to me that he can beat guys like batista and the undertaker. He would have excellent matches if there was a cruserweight division. Also, take a guy like bourne, he has tremendous talent but is barely being used. He was destined to be ecw champ then got hurt, went to raw and guy lost in the shuffle and has had nothing to do sense. The wwe really need to utilize the talent of these guys and bring back division like that and a championship so that these guys can showcase their talent and have something to do that is actually interesting. Give them air time and feuds that will actually make their matches interesting. The cruserweight division was really the only reason i watched wcw when it was around and i miss when wwe had the light heavyweight and cruserweight divisions. They are different matches and they can utilize their talents better that way. That is why wwe have released and let go soo many good talent over the years because they dont have a spot for them or anything to do with them. Guys like london and kendrick, shannon moore, etc. (please dont tell me that they are in tna and to watch tna. i know that and i just dont watch tna) I really wish they would get their heads out of their asses and realize that there are either styles of wrestling and wrestlers like they have had in the past. In wwe's mind, you have to do it their way or you are not good enough and are gone. If you cant make it to the top or your not like hhh, batista, cena and you sit around to long then they give up on you. WWE please bring back the light heavyweight/cruserweight division so you can utilize these talented wrestlers instead of giving up on them and wishin your future endeavors on them.
) BUT Burchill's style happens to be very similar to William Regal and RANDY ORTON and Finlay. But I'll assume you're not a fan of those 3 either aye?