Ridge Holland says a head coach asked him about putting feelers out despite still being with WWE.
Back in October, Luke Menzies (FKA Ridge Holland) revealed WWE weren’t renewing his contract when it came up this month. The Brit hadn’t appeared on TV since the May 6 edition of NXT prior to his departure, despite previously being a key part of the show earlier in the year, and he’s now opened up on his struggles when trying to find out what he had to do to improve.
Speaking on Busted Open Radio, Menzies discussed trying to find out what he needed to work on to re-appear on WWE programming. Here, he noted how a head coach strangely asked him whether he’d put any feelers out despite the fact he was still under contract.
“I asked the questions. I said, ’Is there anything I need to work on?’ When I got taken off TV, I was asking. I was pitching ideas. One of the pitches was for me and [Yoshiki] Inamura to do a best out of five series. I pitched few things, and I kept asking, ’Is it my promos? Is it my work? What do I need to do? What have I done wrong?’ And everyone just says, ‘No, everything is fine.’ I’m like, I ain’t stupid.. I remember walking into the training center one day and a head coach pulled me over and said, ‘Hey, have you put any feelers out anywhere?’ This is out of the blue. I’m like, ‘What do you mean?’ He said, ‘Well, you know, creative’s not had your name mentioned.’ And in my head, I’m thinking I can’t play any feelers out. I’m under contract. So I circled back around with that certain coach. I went, ‘You kind of upset me a bit. Do you know anything? I think that the relationship that we have, I think you should let me know if you know anything, if the writing is on the wall.’ He was like, ‘No, no, no. Don’t know anything. Just because creative hasn’t really brought your name up recently.’”
-Ridge Holland
Holland is still recovering from the injury he sustained while working for TNA as part of their working relationship with WWE, meaning he’ll be sidelined and unable to work elsewhere for around five more months. We continue to wish him well with regard to his rehabilitation, and little is currently known about his in-ring future.
Elsewhere in the interview, Menzies discussed the pay cut he received when he was moved from the main roster to NXT. You can read more about that here.
As always, we’ll aim to provide any further updates on Ridge Holland’s WWE departure as soon as we hear more.
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