It was recently confirmed that WWE has furloughed Nigel McGuinness and now another release has been confirmed, though this time it’s an off-screen personality who has been let go by the company.
According to reports from Wrestling Observer, the company has released Chris DeJoseph, who was the lead writer of SmackDown under the Executive Director Bruce Prichard.
DeJoseph previously had a run with the company in the mid-2000s. He was also used as an on-screen character during the time under the ring name Bick Dick Johnson.
He returned to the company last year in December and started working with the promotion again beginning with the TLC PPV.
Chris’ release is even more surprising because he had received a promotion in the company in the last week and he was at the TV tapings earlier this week.
There is no news yet on why he was let go by the officials but reports suggest that it has nothing to do with the budget cuts related to the COVID 19-crisis.
Chris DeJoseph is not the only big backstage name that has left the company recently and Vice President of Global Television Production Michael Mansury also recently parted ways with the promotion.