The announcement that WWE would not be renewing R-Truth‘s contract caught a lot of people off guard, including Matt Hardy.
On the latest episode of The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy, the TNA Wrestling star spoke about WWE not renewing R-Truth’s contract and believes that if Vince McMahon were still in charge, this wouldn’t be happening.
“I mean, it was shocking,” Matt Hardy admitted. “You would think with the attitude and mentality he had — If Vince was there, I think he probably would’ve stuck around because Vince was such a big fan. He was easy to work with, he wasn’t difficult, he wasn’t a challenge. It was shocking. I was shocked that they didn’t re-sign him.
“I would’ve thought that R-Truth would’ve been a WWE lifer at this point. He liked the gig, he liked what he was doing, and I was very surprised by it. I was very caught off vibe. When you sent me his tweet, it was shocking like, ‘Woah.’ That was definitely not on my bingo card, as they say.
“I guess the TKO era is different, maybe they’re looking at a bottom line like, how much money is this talent specifically bringing in? Is this talent bringing in enough to be justified to be paid x amount of dollars? I mean, that’s the only thing I can figure, that they couldn’t justify paying him x amount dollars for the revenue.” [H/T: Fightful]
What do you make of Matt Hardy’s comments? Do you think R-Truth would still be with WWE if Vince McMahon were still in charge? Let us know your thoughts by sounding off in the comments section below.
