Ridge Holland is pulling no punches about how things ended for him in WWE.
Speaking on Busted Open Radio, the former NXT and SmackDown star revealed that during the final year of his run, WWE management left him in the dark, ignored his efforts to improve, and ultimately ghosted him as his release loomed.
Holland admitted he was confused when WWE took him off TV. In response, he asked for feedback, pitched creative ideas, and tried to find out if there was something he needed to fix. But according to him, nobody gave him a straight answer.
The silence only got more uncomfortable. One day, a coach pulled him aside and randomly asked if he had started reaching out to other companiesdespite still being under WWE contract.
Ridge circled back to that coach, hoping for honesty, but was told that nothing official had been decided. Still, the message was loud and clear.
Things got worse when he reached out to upper management directly. According to Ridge, he was completely ignored.
This isnt the first time Ridge has spoken up about how WWE handled his departure. He previously revealed that WWE offered him a lowball 3-year contract, which he pushed back on and renegotiated down to a 1-year deal.
Ridges experience sheds light on what many talent face behind the curtain: the anxiety of being kept in the dark, the frustration of no feedback, and the emotional toll of trying to fight for your spot without any real support. Whether you were a fan of his booking or not, his honesty makes one thing clearhe was trying, and no one was listening.
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