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Sawyer Fulton opens up about his WWE release and what’s next

Posted on by F4W Staff

By Gary Mehaffy for F4WOnline.com

Sometimes in life, you get dealt a hand that you aren’t expecting. That was the case for Sawyer Fulton, when he was recently released by WWE after a run in NXT. He is tall, has a good look, and has an NCAA amateur wrestling background: all of the ingredients that you would think would make for a WWE star of the future.

But just over a year ago when he had just been added to SAnitY along with Eric Young, Nikki Cross, and then-partner Alexander Wolfe, he tore his pec, resulting in a several month absence from the ring. He worked hard to get back into even better shape than he had been, but it wasn’t to be and WWE recently wished him well in his future endeavours.

He could have reacted to this in one of three ways: leave the business altogether; try to get back into WWE as quickly as he could or decide to make a go of it around the world to continue improving.

Jake Southwick, TAFKA Sawyer Fulton, has gone for option three.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DycnU7frsro

In our exclusive 40 minute interview, we talk his release and how they let him know about it, his transition from amateur wrestling to professional wrestling and his hopes to get into Mexico and Japan. We discussed why the UK fans thought Angelo Dawkins looks like a bottle of Irn Bru, his love of performing in front of a live crowd, his hopes for the future and much, much more.

I will leave you with one insight which is his advice for aspiring wrestlers based on his time in WWE: “I don’t know all of the right things to do, but I know a lot of the wrong things not to do.”

Sawyer Fulton announces his release from WWE

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Following the departures of Emma, Darren Young, and Summer Rae earlier this week, another wrestler has been released from their WWE contract.

NXT’s Sawyer Fulton posted a statement on Twitter today announcing that he’s no longer with the company. He wrote that he worked as hard as possible to come back after being injured in 2016, but it didn’t end up working out. He noted that he’s going to continue in pro wrestling and vowed to get back to WWE in the future.

Like with Emma, Young and Summer Rae, injury issues significantly hindered Fulton’s career. He suffered an arm injury towards the end of last year that kept him out of action for several months. Due to the injury, he was written out of the SAnitY stable as Killian Dain joined Eric Young, Alexander Wolfe, and Nikki Cross in the group.

Fulton made his return in an angle at a house show in April and defeated Brennan Williams in his first match back in May but never returned to television.

Fulton, whose real name is Jacob Southwick and who was an amateur wrestler in college, signed with WWE in 2012 after starting his career in Mid-Ohio Wrestling. His full statement about his release is available to read below:

“Wow there [are] a lot of feelings going through my head right now. First off, thank you to everyone who has supported me the last 5 years. Coaches, brothers, fans, family, and an amazing woman named Abby. This has been an absolutely amazing time in WWE. After my injury I worked as hard as possible to come back, and it just happened to not work out.

However, I’m not ashamed of being released by any means, I held nothing back and at the end of the day I’m happy to leave with my head held high. I’m going to continue to work hard as possible and learn all I can in wrestling, nothing changes but the name.

The last thing I said to Canyon [Ceman] and Coach [Matt] Bloom was that I’m still young and I will be back in WWE and I fully intend to prove it. I want to be a great professional wrestler, that goal will never change, only the path that takes me there. Honestly I can not wait to start down this new path, and travel, and wrestle in front of new crowds.

WWE, NXT thank you for everything you have done for me, and we will see each other again soon. And for all my brothers in the back, I’m sure we will make another town together in the future. I love You all. See you soon!”

NXT Venice, FL, live results: Sawyer Fulton returns

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Submitted by reader Louis Izzo

Friday night’s show was in front of a full crowd of about 300 people.

– Kassius Ohno defeated Adrian Jaoude

Good opener with lots of hard-hitting strikes.

– Lana defeated Kimberly Frankele

Lana won with a modified T-bone suplex. Mary Kate was with Lana and created plenty of distractions. Frankele sold well and Lana looked alright considering her level of experience.

– Yanbo Wang came out for an interview, putting over his nickname “Boa” until Sawyer Fulton ran in and attacked, leaving Wang laying after a choke.

– Heavy Machinery defeated Steve Cutler & Wesley Blake

Otis Dozovic spent most of the match cheerleading. He has the charisma to make it on the main roster. They did strongman stuff like tossing their opponents back and forth between bear hugs, and finished with the move where Tucker Knight comes off the ropes and splashes Dozovic while he’s holding the opponent.

– Buddy Murphy defeated Brennan Williams

This was a so-so match. Murphy hit him with a slam and cradled the legs in a finish that caught everyone off guard. Williams didn’t do much except play to a few hecklers.

– Rich Swann, Gran Metalik & Mustafa Ali defeated Noam Dar, Tony Nese & Drew Gulak

This match had hot action with plenty of athletic showcases from the babyface team. Metalik and Ali took turns getting the heat until Swann got the hot tag and pinned Gulak with a phoenix splash. Best match of the show.

– Mandy Rose & Bianca Blair defeated Liv Morgan & Sarah Bridges

Rose pinned Bridges after a butterfly suplex drop. Morgan seems much better than how she’s presented on TV.

– Babatunde Aiyegbusi defeated Kona Reeves

Aiyegbusi pretty much squashed Reeves in three minutes. Reeves sold most of the match, only getting desperation sleeper holds that were quickly shrugged off. He tried using his ring prop, but the referee wouldn’t allow it. Aiyegbusi didn’t look impressive other than his size.

– Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford defeated Riddick Moss & Tino Sabbatelli

Ford pinned Moss after a frog splash. Ford spent the first 3-4 minutes dancing and getting under the skin of his opponents. Dawkins spent most of the match on the apron, with Ford taking a beating for what felt like forever. Moss and Sabbatelli looked smooth, but came off as kind of generic.

The match had fine work all around, though it wasn’t a main event level match after that six-man tag.