Authors of Pain Considered Quitting WWE When They Were Split From Paul Ellering

The Authors of Pain have revealed that they thought about quitting WWE when they were called up to the main roster and split from Paul Ellering. The former WWE tag team were called up in 2018, but were also moved away from Ellering who had managed them during their run in WWE NXT. Rezar spoke with Metro for a new interview and Rezar said that they were about to hand in their resignations. You can see highlights below:

On nearly quitting over the matter: “That was the day that we were deciding to stop with WWE. We were just called up, and the first day at the main roster, they were telling us, ‘You have to leave Paul Ellering. Me and my tag team partner Akam, Sonny, he said, ‘Yo, let’s just give our resignation letter and just leave,’ but Paul told us, ‘Try it out. I’ve helped you guys to get there, so much hard work, we can always get the back back together later.’”

On why he thinks Ellering was pulled away from them: “[Vince McMahon] didn’t like older people than him or people his age on the show. He wanted to be the only elderly person who would be in the spotlight at the time.”