Matt Morgan Granted Release from TNA Wrestling

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Matt Morgan asked for a release from his TNA contract last month and was granted his wish today.

Morgan hinted leaving the company in spring of 2012, only to return later that fall. Since his return he has barely been used.

As noted last week, the company also released Crimson, Joey Ryan, Christian York, Taeler Hendrix and Madison Rayne.

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Matt Morgan tweeted about his release from TNA this week:

"Id like to truly thank Tna for my awesome experience there along with granting me my release. This is what is best for my career&family."

- TNA issued this statement on Morgan's departure:

"Impact Wrestling has released Matt Morgan. We thank him for all his contributions and wish him the best of success in the future."

WWE Return then ?

I honestly think they'd be stupid not to hire him now. I don't know what prevented a solid push for him, it's like they wanted to, but couldn't be arsed to. Maybe he has backstage issues? but he is easilly marketable, especially in the times of no real gimmick 'sports star' heels. I think a giant who can actually move about like the 6 foot 4 guys is a real plus.

TNA could have had him in the Mafia instead of Magnus, who I don't think fits the role at all.

Morgan is one of the few TNA guys who I genuinely think could be a big deal in WWE. I think that's where he'll likely end up.

i think that he was always start to be pushed then halfway through the build up they'd pull it and leave him off tv for a couple of months then bring him back tag division for a while then back to pushing him solo then drop him again to me sounds like they didn't have enough faith in him to fully go through with it.

Cant see him in WWE for a while yet, his missus is up the duff.

I cant see him fitting in the wwe. We have Ryback, Mark Henry, Big Show and Kane. Those are the big guys and do wwe need anymore? Also, I think they are past the tall muscle guys now. They are looking more to the indys.

feяgie22 wrote:

Cant see him in WWE for a while yet, his missus is up the duff.

 Depends if he needs the money. Can't imagine TNA have been paying him a lot, especially if he's off TV. Tensai / Albert / Sweet T had a pregnant missus, so came back to WWE for the regular pay.

From his tweet i would imagine he would be going back to WWE has he would be getting more money to provide for his family.

Mackem wrote:

I cant see him fitting in the wwe. We have Ryback, Mark Henry, Big Show and Kane. Those are the big guys and do wwe need anymore? Also, I think they are past the tall muscle guys now. They are looking more to the indys.

One doesn't stick to Smackdown though think he he was the main big guy on SD then i can see him fitting in. Plus the others are heels part from Kane so he could Be the Big Guy Face.

Mackem wrote:

I cant see him fitting in the wwe. We have Ryback, Mark Henry, Big Show and Kane. Those are the big guys and do wwe need anymore? Also, I think they are past the tall muscle guys now. They are looking more to the indys.

Not really, Ryback's push would show that Vince still has a massve hard-on for the big muscle guys, plus Big E Langston will get a huge push at some point. with Morgan, he's been around a while so no training needed, he's worked in WWE so knows the style, he's a safe pair of wrestling hands to go with.

Although I'd be interested to see if he can retain that physique with regular drug-testing that has actual penalties for breaking it...

I can see point but why didn't wwe keep him? I can't really remember his time in wwe ( was it around the same time Nathan Jones was kicking about - around 19 year ago I think). If Vince likes his big guys so much it seems strange why they let him go?

I can see point but why didn't wwe keep him? I can't really remember his time in wwe ( was it around the same time Nathan Jones was kicking about - around 19 year ago I think). If Vince likes his big guys so much it seems strange why they let him go?

From what I remember, he was working with a stupid stuttering gimmick, and was just another huge roided-up monster in a company full of them. At the time, they also had Nathan Jones, Batista, Chris Masters, Lashley was about to debut... he wasn't that good at all.

Now he much more experienced, and offers a hell of a lot more. Him, Magnus, Kurt and Jeff Hardy are about the only TNA guys who I could see being a success in WWE.

I'm fully with Grecian. I've been fully expecting Morgan and Magnus to be the future of wrestling in terms of credible long term players. It's hard to remember, but Morgan improved and added to his move set well, with a cross over between classic big man moves, striking and solid signature moves. He doesn't look like tiring after ten minutes, uses ring location and spot moves well, and he's always playing to the crowd naturally within the context of the match. If booked correctly I don't think people wouldn't question his success