Ridge Holland Details Financial Situation, Says Foreclosure Led To Tweet That Got Him Fired

Ridge Holland recently explained how he ended up in financial distress after his WWE contract was not renewed and why he made the tweet that got him fired. As you surely know, Holland was released from WWE nine days before his contract expired. Holland was terminated over a tweet he made saying he felt “hung out to dry after getting injured working for another company on behalf of WWE.” He has garnered criticism from some fans who questioned how he could fall into financial issues so quickly.

Holland, who expressed regret for the tweet, spoke with Cultaholic for a new interview. He explained his financial hardship matters and more, including how quickly WWE fired him after the tweet. You can see highlights below:

On His One-Year Extension And Pay Cut:

“Taking it right back, after my contract was due for renewal previously when I went to NXT, they offered me a three-year deal at a 50 per cent pay cut. With everything financially, I’m like, ‘I can’t tie myself in for three years for that. It’s impossible. So can I do a one-year extension and I’ll try and make it work?’ We’ll cut back where we can and try, and even then that’s what started the financial issues there because it’s just three kids, and everything that people don’t understand what you have to pay for.

“It’s health insurance, don’t forget we’ve got to pay for our own green cards. Everything from insurances to houses to mortgages comes at a premium when you’re not an actual resident. You’re a higher risk, so you pay a higher premium for that,” he continued.

On the Foreclosure Notification Leading To His Tweet:

“So the house, we’ve got a foreclosure notification on the house, so I just took to Twitter and I just needed to vent. I’m not gonna vent to my wife, she doesn’t need it. She knows. She doesn’t need me pissing and moaning, so I just typed it out. It was kind of like a way of coping. I shouldn’t have done it. I shouldn’t have let my emotions get to me. Then, obviously, what’s the old saying? Blow your feathers, you get your ass tickled.

“We’re trying our best to kind of restructure the mortgage, but that’s a whole process. You’ve got to prove certain things, so we’re trying to restructure that. The goal is to kind of downsize and rejig things. But people think you can do things immediately, and you can’t. I had four weeks to know when the income would stop. Four weeks when you’ve got overheads and stuff. They just don’t go away, and you can’t change them overnight. So we’re just trying to restructure the mortgage and wait for a verdict on that from the mortgage company. We just have to wait and see.”

On Getting Contacted Shortly After By WWE:

“Maybe two hours…It was just, ‘We’re going to exercise our right to terminate the agreement effective immediately. Bye.’ I just asked about the medical stuff, asking if that’s covered. And it was, ‘Yeah. Contact the medical team.’ And that was it. Obviously, I’m the one who put the tweet out, right, so I’ve got to take responsibility for that. It is what it is.”

On His Future Plans:

“It’s really hard for me to tell right now, but if I’m healthy and I do decide to wrestle again, I had such a fun time at TNA I’d love an opportunity or something there. Even just to get out and wrestle again and recover the love for it. Do some things on my terms, really, because I really don’t think I scratched the surface of what I’m capable of. But we’ll see if that fire grows as we get closer to getting cleared.

“At the minute, I’ve made a couple of connections. I’m trying to get the YouTube thing on the ropes. There’s an online coaching company that’s wanting to employ me, but it’s the same thing with that, that’s a self-employed thing, so you don’t obviously start getting paid straight away. It’s client-by-client basis. So there’s things moving, which is good. I’m just an open booking trying to do what I can.”