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I was first made aware of this apparent purging of talent when I read the releases of 3MB members Jinder Mahal and Drew McIntyre. At best, they were amusing to me. I do remember a time before 3MB when those men were less comical in their performances and more focused on wrestling. Anyway, the list of current ex-WWE roster members seems to be missing more valid names to release. Among these in my opinion, would include Damien Sandow. Since being on a losing streak, Sandow apparently seems content with acting the part of a clown each week and a jobber to damn near anybody he's matched with. Time to go.

Next would be Cesaro. I don't quite understand the alleged "hype" for this man. His wrestling is grossly-lacking and his "feats of strength" aren't anywhere close to the greater feats we all have seen from individuals of a past age. His gimmick to me, always appeared to struggle to find a defining place within the flow of storylines run by WWE. His alliances with Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter and Paul Heyman (currently) were immensely unlikely and illogical. An unimpressive gimmick, weak wrestling arsenal and poor story involvement. Cesaro is another individual that ought to make the purge list.

Thirdly would be Kofi Kingston, R-Truth and Xavier Woods. While I'm always see Black Americans in pro wrestling, these three could easily go. Clearly, WWE has only pulled them off the dusty-ass shelf only to serve as jobbers. If these three are serious about doing better with their careers, then they'd be begging for a release right now. Plus, I don't think they've much of a following anymore; R-Truth can rap all he wants until his face is blue, everybody already knows he only comes out to get his ass beat. Same for Kofi and Woods. Time to move on fellas.

Fourth, there is the man I call the "court jester", the true "king's fool" of the WWE empire, Santino Marella. How in the blue hell has this man kept a job as long as he has being this bumbling, "snake" sleeve-wearing, overly-tattooed buffoon? His storylines have always been ridiculous even by comedic standards (again, only my opinion, so don't go hate-flaming the [ .] out of this reply. If you like him, great. He's just fine for some people) and his matches have been equally ridiculous, involving more in-ring antics than wrestling. It strikes me that Santino has more than over-stayed his welcome.

Lastly, Fandango. He ought to be released as he too has not been utilized very much. What has he done lately? Oh sure, he got a spot on that lame reality show with the divas, as a boyfriend to Summer Rae. Sure, he's got a new dance partner in Layla after ditching Summer; but that's all he's been involved in. He has had no recent title matches or contention matches for any titles. His fan base has diminished somewhat. How many still do the "routine" gesturing hum-along to his entrance? His gimmick as a dancer never impressed me and his wrestling ability still hasn't. If he actually can wrestle then he had best do it soon. I seem to remember very well when he first debuted as Fandango, he was constantly receiving chants "You Can't Wrestle! You Can't Wrestle!" I never disagreed with that fan reaction at all. Simply, Fandango is surplus talent. He too ought to go real soon.