It's amazing how this changed since the FOX deal was announced. For months the reports were that FOX not only wanted the split to continue, they wanted it to be strictly adhered to. They didn't want to run commercials for Raw or have to cross-promote in any way.
Then FOX realized they might not get everybody they wanted on the show, demanded access to the full roster, and then USA was like "wait, that's bullshit - we want the whole roster too!" and now here they are.
Already tons of guys who struggled to ever get on TV during the split, and now they have no hope. But WWE won't let them go because A) they don't want the optics of mass layoffs and B) they don't want the talent to go anywhere else.
It's a massive shitshow.
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