Recently AEW’s Nigel McGuinness made a surprise return to in-ring competition. Prior to his stint in AEW, McGuinness was a commentator in WWE. While speaking to Chris Jericho on the Talk is Jericho podcast, McGuinness revealed that WWE rescinded his contract.
“No, it’s a little convoluted, but I’ll give you the condensed version. I got signed by WWE, they decided to rescind the contract because of an arm injury, even though my doctor said it was perfectly healed and I had wrestled with it for two years. But that was it, that was their doctor’s [decision].” [H/T Fightful.com]
Nigel McGuinness revealed the reason for WWE rescinding his contract
“After I passed the physical, he said, ‘Just in passing, you’ve never had any other injuries, have you?’ Being honest, I said, ‘Well, I partially tore my bicep a couple of years ago but it’s perfectly healed.’ He said, ‘Just let me see the MRI.’ So I sent him the MRI, he took a look at it and said, ‘Oh no, you need surgery.’ What was I gonna do? At that point, I had only ever wrestled in Ring Of Honor.
“My best year in wrestling as an active competitor was for Ring Of Honor believe it or not and I made $46,000 with no health insurance. So, at the end of the year, I didn’t have any savings. So, was I going to pay out of pocket, because I didn’t have insurance, to have a bicep surgery that I didn’t think I really needed. My doctor, who was a renowned orthopedic surgeon in Tampa, he agreed as well. On the off chance that they might be interested, and we all know how that goes as well. They didn’t even say, ‘Get the surgery and we’ll be interested.’ They just said, ‘Nope, that’s not going,’” Nigel McGuinness said.
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