JTG Recalls Cryme Tyme’s First Release, Talks Never Getting Tag Title Run

– JTG appeared on the Why It Ended with Robbie E. podcast and discussed Cryme Tyme’s initial WWE release, never getting a tag team championship run and more. Highlights are below, via Wrestling Inc:

On Cryme Tyme’s first WWE release: “We got released because of a rib gone wrong. [Cade and Murdoch] pulled a rib on us in the middle of a match at a live event and we were left in the ring and Shad wanted to leave the crowd up. We were supposed to go over, so it felt awkward. So before going back, Shad decided to hit the finish on the ref. When I rolled back in the ring, Shad had the ref on his shoulders so I’m thinking it’s cool. I hit the ropes, hit our finish, got the crowd back up. Shad wanted to sell the referee’s belt to the crowd, he wanted to auction it off — okay that’s a little bit extra but that’s our gimmick though so I guess that’s cool. Then we get backstage and Barry Windham who was our agent at the time, you know, ‘I need to talk to you Shad,” and I’m going along because we’re a team. He’s like, ‘I don’t need to talk to you, I need to talk to your partner.’ So I’m like, ‘Oh, that can’t be good.’ Shad gets his gear pulled off then John Cena rips us a new one and then the next day that’s when we got called into a room by John Laurinaitis and you know, he didn’t wanna do it, but he let us go. It was definitely unexpected. I thought we were just gonna get a big-ass fine. Because we got fined before. So I’m thinking, ‘Ah, how much is this gonna be?'”

On Triple H talking to him afterward: “On the way out, we’re leaving you know, Stephanie and Hunter were standing by the door. I don’t know if it was a coincidence or they were there to tell us, ‘Hey keep your head up and keep your nose clean, the door’s always open.’ They kind of gave us that look and were like, ‘The door’s always open,’ I’m like, ‘I don’t know what the hell you’re trying to tell me but I just got fired.’ They pretty much told us we were coming back and this was like a punishment. They had to set an example for the rest of the locker room.”

On not getting a tag team title run: “I definitely thought we were going to get a Tag Team Championship run. I don’t know, there were so many times I heard we were supposed to win it and something happened, you know somebody said the wrong thing or did the wrong thing and they changed their minds.”