WWE Announces Summer Rae & Darren Young Have Been Released
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On the heels of the announcement about Emma being released, WWE has just announced that Darren Young and Summer Rae have also been released from the company.
BREAKING NEWS: WWE has come to terms on the releases of WWE Superstars Darren Young and Summer Rae. https://t.co/CU8R144QG2
— WWE (@WWE) October 29, 2017
Both Summer Rae and Darren Young have been out with injuries. Darren Young just recently returned to the road after elbow surgery, and Summer Rae hasn’t been seen on WWE television since July of 2016. It’s odd timing for Young, especially seeing as he was just part of WWE night at the LA Clippers game last night.
Awesome time @LAClippers game helping promote Dec4th @wwe #raw #ClipperMania was lit and what an honor meeting @DocRivers
#BLOCKTHEHATE pic.twitter.com/h9lRwBdNGb
— nodaysoff D-Young (@DarrenYoungWWE) October 29, 2017
Young signed with WWE in 2009, spending his early time with the company in FCW and NXT. He debuted on the main roster in 2010 as part of The Nexus but returned to NXT when the faction fell apart. In 2012, he was paired with Titus O’Neil as The Prime Time Players. They would team on and off through 2016, even holding the WWE Tag Team Titles.
Young was paired with WWE Hall Of Famer Bob Backlund in 2016, but that gimmick was not well received by the fans. He suffered an elbow injury in August and had just returned to the road for the RAW brand a few weeks ago.
Summer Rae signed with WWE in 2011 and was a big part of FCW, acting as the developmental brand’s General Manager for a time. She wrestled in NXT before being paired up with Fandango and coming to the main roster as his “dance partner”.
She would float around a bit after the Fandango pairing ended, even working in an ill-fated feud with Lana, Rusev, and Dolph Ziggler. Her appearances on WWE television became fewer when she was part of The Marine 4: Moving Target. And, though she was drafted to RAW in July of 2016, she never appeared due to a back injury that kept her out of action until her release.
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