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Details On Initially Asking For Release in 2019
In late 2018, the pair were discussing their next steps, and decided it was time to move on from the company.
The pair asked for their release on January 14, 2019, following a win over Lucha House Party on Monday Night RAW.
The decision was made due to the fact that the WWE tag-team division wasn’t being taken seriously.
Cash Wheeler mentioned how Braun Strowman “stream-rolled” the entire division, and won the tag titles with a 10-year old.
“The tag-team division doesn’t get respect, it doesn’t get the time that we think a lot of these teams deserve, and we want to take chances on ourselves.”
Following the match on RAW, while still in gear, the duo went straight to the talent relations office to ask for their release.
When they left the office, the other talent knew what was going on. Details began spreading on the internet, and the team often got tagged in posts stating they were just complainers.
“We were getting tagged a lot on Twitter that we were just complaining and being crybabies, but I dare you to ask any of our coworkers if they ever heard us complain. Last year, we were booked more than any other talent on the roster. If all we did was complain, they would have stopped booking us. We wanted to show Vince that tag team wrestling could be something.”
After their meeting to get released, the pair were told they would be allowed out of their contract, but clearly those plans changed, and they continued to work.