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WWE has released former UFC Champion Cain Velasquez.
According to Dave Meltzer in the latest edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, Cain Velasquez was released from his multi-year contract with WWE.
“They haven’t used him since Saudi Arabia” Meltzer stated “They signed him to a multi-year deal, now that they are cutting back. One of the things in those deals is they got the right to cut people”
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Cain Velasquez worked two matches since signing with the company, one against Brock Lesnar at WWE Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia last year, and the other at a live event in Mexico City.
Velasquez was originally scheduled to be a part of the 2020 Royal Rumble, but those plans changed for unknown reasons.
It’s unknown what plans Velasquez has going forward.