8 Reasons Friday's WWE Releases Were Justified

5. Alex Riley

Another individual who had made wheel-spinning their main activity in World Wrestling Entertainment, Alex Riley at least made vague attempts to revive his fortunes through a mixture of rage, rage and a little bit of rage.Injuries played their part in derailing him in the first place, but a successful stint as a commentator on NXT seemed to give him something approaching a new lease of lifeRiley decided to upset the applecart by taking to Twitter and speaking of the need to #FreeRiley. This led to him getting squashed a couple of times by Kevin Owens on NXT, getting injured and then getting freed