While Sunday's are supposed to be a day of rest, it looks like there's no rest for the wicked. The WWE announced Sunday afternoon that they not only releasedEmma, but they future endeavored Summer Rae and Darren Young.
"WWE has come to terms on the releases of WWE Superstars Emma, Darren Young and Summer Rae," their statement read. "WWE wishes them the best in all of their future endeavors."
Damn, Darren.
Because of who we are, the Darren Young release might be the wackest news to hear. It'd been almost two years since he'd teamed with Titus O'Neil as the Prime Time Players. He'd been paired with legend Bob Backlund on some MAGA shit for a time, but had been out for the majority of 2017 with an arm injury.
His time with Titus was probably his greatest, netting him one WWE Tag Team Championship run, but it also should be remembered that he was an initial member of The Nexus back in 2010. He's also the first professional wrestler to come out as gay while signed to a major promotion.
Here are some highlights from Young's career; hopefully we'll see him continue to progress in the squared circle.
Titus O'Neil and Darren Young of the Prime Time Players have hit Talk Is Jericho: "Millions of dollars! Millions of dollars! That's right, the Prime Time Players, Darren Young & Titus O'Neil, are in the TIJ house! They're spilling on their name & gimmick, their partnership, how they can travel AND work together, and how they both ended up driving around the Great Khali! Plus, Darren talks about what it was like coming out & the work he now does with the LGBT community. And Titus explains why he owes his career to his troubled childhood."
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In looking over research for this quick drop, I just realized that the Prime Time Players had been allies since February of 2012. They broke them up practically two years to the day of their first tag team matches on NXT Redemption. Why? Who knows; I'd venture a guess that the WWE couldn't give a shit. Continue Reading
You have to love how that happened. Who would've thought that, during a random paparazzi interview during SummerSlam week that Darren Young would have "come out?" He's comfortable, he's happy, and he's confident. Props to him. And he's definitely not the first gay wrestler, but open? Orlando Jordan comes to mind, but I don't recall him being open while in the WWE (he was open as a bisexual in TNA, though). It really is 2013. Awesome! And it looks that John Cena found out that Darren opened up, and TMZ caught the footage:
