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#5 Why WWE didn’t release Bo Dallas?

The long list of WWE Superstars who were shockingly released last month also included the name of Curtis Axel. This led to a lot of fans to question why he was let go but not his tag-team partner, Bo Dallas. However, the recent reports by Wrestling Observer Newsletter seem to offer an explanation behind this decision made by WWE.

It appears that WWE had nothing in store for Axel and they didn’t know the best way to use the 40-year-old Superstar. Throwing light on the situation, WON noted,

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The company hadn’t done anything with him in years and thus, when cuts were made, given that fact and him already being 40, his prospects didn’t look good.

Bo Dallas, on the other hand, is only 29 and still has a lot of time to rebuild his identity as a WWE Superstar. WWE might use this opportunity to determine what would be the best way to use Dallas, now that he is all by himself. Could we see him pursuing a singles career in the company or will he find a new tag team partner in WWE?

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