More on Big Cass’ Release & Program With Daniel Bryan Changing

As we all know by now, Big Cass has been released by the WWE due to several reasons which include his attitude problem, his actions at WWE’s recent European tour and the episode of SmackDown Live in which he laid out a little person. According to Dave Meltzer in a recent edition of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the beginning of the end for Big Cass in WWE was indeed at the May 1st episode of SmackDown Live in Montreal where he defied company orders and laid out a little person. The script had been written where Cass was to deliver only a big boot but he went to officials asking if he could do a beat-down as well.
When he was told that he couldn’t, Cass went directly to Vince McMahon who also nixed his idea. As we saw, Cass ended up going into business for himself and started throwing punches on the little person after delivering the boot. The belief is that whatever direction his storyline with Daniel Bryan was headed, it all changed after that and is likely the reason he was beaten via submission on two straight PPVs as punishment.
Cass also had heat from a tour bus incident during the recent European tour, which was reported earlier this week by Pro Wrestling Sheet. Cass locked himself in the bus bathroom as the lock malfunctioned and thinking he was being pranked, he destroyed the bathroom and broke down the door to get out. The broken door meant that the other talents on the bus could not use the bathroom in privacy for the rest of the trip. There were also damages that had to be covered by WWE. Cass picked up more heat for other behavior-related issues during that tour.

Cass has also had enemies in the company that go back to when he defended President Donald Trump during an argument with Sami Zayn about the treatment of Muslims. This upset many people but had nothing to do with Cass being fired, according to the Observer. Cass also had heat from producers that dated back to the feud with Big Show, which took place before he suffered the knee injury in the Summer of 2017. The feeling was that the feud didn’t go over well and Cass took most of the blame. Cass was also looked down on for his work in the recent feud with Bryan but that was not a reason for his release. The Little Bryan incident was said to not be the main reason why he was fired, but one of the reasons.
Former WWE wrestler Mike Bucci (Simon Dean) also shared a story on Facebook about Cass once “big-dogging” a former co-worker who was backstage and forced him out of the locker room.
Below is what Mike Bucci (Simon Dean) said:
“A former wrestling co-worker of mine from back in my WWE days was backstage at a show about a year ago and Big Cass big dogged him and asked him to leave the locker room.” “If their paths cross again on the Indies, I hope I’m there to see my old buddy return the favor.”

Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter