Former Arturo Ruas Confirms He Was Supposed To Be Part of the Diamond Mine

It was reported last month that prior to his WWE release, Arturo Ruas had been planned for the Diamond Mine stable in NXT but was removed from plans a few days prior to its debut. In an interview with Wrestling Inc, Ruas confirmed the rumors that he was set to be a part of a group and spoke about plans for him before his release. Here are highlights:

On being a part of the Diamond Mine group: “When I did my match with Kushida, I knew that the storyline of that match would be leading to me being a part of Malcolm Bivens’ group. It wasn’t Diamond Mine yet. I was supposed to be in that group, and then I got injured. I got surgery on my bicep, and things kind of stopped, but I healed. I got cleared, and everything started to run again. That’s where Diamond Mine came up. It would be a group of legit fighters with legit backgrounds. I always was and I am still a hard working man. I worked my ass off. I worked a lot and not just because I want to improve my technique, but I wanted to always be sharp, to be able to deliver a good show because people are paying the tickets. People want to see a good show, and I don’t want to disappoint the people. People are paying to see what they want to see, and that’s why I worked my ass off, and then I started to work more and more and I got more in shape. And I did my gear and things started to kind of move a little bit weirdly. They canceled one date. They pushed it to another date. Not just for me, the group itself and then they canceled another date, and they canceled a big date supposed. And finally they were like, okay, it will be this day. I was like, let’s go. The group were talking together, and then days before, not weeks — they billed it on Tuesday. I got a call Saturday. ‘Hey man, we’re putting you off now, but you’re going to be on soon. I felt like something’s weird, something’s off here. I was like, ‘Hey, let me know more. What’s happening?’ They said, ‘No, nothing’s happening. You’re good. You’re going to be on later because if you debut all together, it won’t make sense, but in the future, you’re going to be there. That’s it.’ The same week, bye bye.”

On the lack of information prior to his release: “Everybody has their role. I don’t believe that a writer or producer would be able or allowed to tell you that you’re going to be cut. They have to tell you something, but don’t tell me that you’re pulling me off to put me back. Just tell me, ‘Dude, it’s over for you. I don’t know what what is next, but it’s over for you,’ and I will know right away that something is off. But don’t tell me that you’re going to put me back. But that’s fine. Maybe that person that called me never knew what was happening because it’s crazy. Everything changes so fast, and changes will happen no matter what. You have to be prepared.”