Update on Jaxson Ryker (Patreon)

As if Friday wasn't indication enough, there's still heat on Jaxson Ryker within WWE. As we mentioned recently, Ryker had been home in North Carolina and hadn't been brought to Orlando to the site of WWE tapings in months. At one point, Ryker wasn't even featured on internal WWE roster sheets. It should be reiterated, there was never any internal heat on Wesley Blake and Steve Cutler, and wrestlers and staff Fightful spoke with felt bad that they were caught up in the situation. One WWE source told us Ryker "wasn't worth the risk of bad publicity of being on TV" right now, and mentioned main roster officials weren't high on him when he was called up, and he never wrestled Smackdown.

Ryker deleted his social media four weeks ago. When Fightful inquired as to why, we were simply told there were no plans for him. Around the same time, Fightful reported creative was working on plans for Cutler and Blake.