Evan Bourne

Segundo consta, Evan Bourne, ex-lutador da WWE, estava agendado para lutar no pay-per-view que a ROH realizou na passada semana, usando o nome de Matt Sydal. Diz-se que Bourne iria aparecer para uma entrevista, antes do combate pelo Título, e iria desafiar o campeão. No entanto, tudo isto teve de ser cancelado por causa da WWE.

A maioria dos talentos despedidos este mês possuem cláusulas no seu contrato que os impede de competir durante 90 dias. Não irão estar 100% livres até ao dia 18 de Setembro, pelo menos.

Quando Bourne ficou a saber do seu despedimento, imediatamente contactou o booker da ROH, Hunter Johnson, informando-o que tinha recebido autorização da WWE para trabalhar para ROH. De imediato, a ROH agendou-o para o evento. Quando os oficiais da ROH contactaram a WWE para ter a autorização deles por escrito, a WWE afirmou que Bourne não estava autorizado a aparecer na ROH até Setembro.

Mesmo não podendo aparecer, Bourne esteve presente nos bastidores do evento e parecia estar feliz apenas por estar presente. Bourne deu vários conselhos a talentos mais jovens, depois dos combates, como forma de justificar o dinheiro gasto na sua viagem.

- Evan Bourne noted in his recent live YouShoot that he got a free WWE Network subscription when he was let go by WWE a few weeks back.

WN escreveu:Evan Bourne (Matt Sydal) fez um Ask Me Anything no Reddit. Eis os highlights:

Who from the WWE did you wish you had a match with and why? Antonio Cesaro - It eats at me every day.

How long did it take you before you started landing a shooting star the right way? The landing is the worst part. No real right way. However, I never landed it the wrong way, which is to say I never hurt anyone. However, the first SSP I gave in WWE was to Matt Striker and it is was much much stiffer than usual. When he got to the back he told everyone it was perfect. That was very key in getting unlimited use with it.

Who were your favorite people to wrestle against in the WWE? Chavo, The Colons, Mark Henry, Tyson Kidd, Kane and more...

What effect has your size had on your career? Was it a strike against you in the WWE? What are some of positives to usually being the smallest guy in the ring? Size has been the key to my success. It forced me to differentiate and be unique. That's how I got to WWE and why I was in WWE.

You replaced Paul London, who in turn, replaced Billy Kidman as cool cruiserweight who does the SSP. Who will replace you? Neville! Except his is even crazier, with a 360 added on. Unreal!

how do they fire people? Do you get a phone call..what do they say...? It was a FAX