Donovan Dijak On Announcing WWE Contract Expiry, Pitching Vince McMahon As RETRIBUTION Leader

Donovan Dijak recently spoke about announcing the expiration of his WWE contract, his time in WWE and more in a new interview. Dijak spoke with Tru Heel Heat Wrestling and you can see a few highlights below (courtesy of Wrestling Inc):

On announcing his contract ending: “Obviously, Cody’s thing played a role, right? You know, this is a guy who — I was in communication with him at the end of his run as Stardust, and as he made that post … So, yeah, that was certainly an influence. It wasn’t the same story, but it was a similar path. Obviously, [Rhodes] chose his. Mine was not a choice. I didn’t choose that. I might have chosen that, depending [on] the circumstances, I don’t know.”

On never having a real conversation about his spot on the main roster: “Unfortunately, we never had an opportunity for that conversation, because — I don’t know if they got stuck on money or what, because I was never given an explanation. So, I don’t know whether … if they had made me an offer, I’d still be there.”

On being grateful for his time there: “I kind of settled on this letter because I felt like … people deserved to hear the truth, right? And the truth isn’t always amazing. It’s not always a super positive thing. In this instance, it wasn’t a super positive thing. My goal wasn’t to create this picture that WWE was this horrible place. It wasn’t. I never said it was a horrible place. I said I was thankful, so I liked my time in WWE. I was also disappointed, mostly with how it ended, and excited for the future. Other than that, I just told the truth.”

On not intending to be criticizing WWE with his letter: “Some people were super critical of WWE; some people were super critical of me! People feel like I’m just constantly complaining about everything — which, I’m not, obviously. What happens is that I do these interviews, [and] I say the truth, and then somebody grabs a sentence or two from it, and clips it, and says, ‘This is what he said.’ Then, it feels like I’m just offering these things, as opposed to being asked a question and answering it honestly.”

On the original plans for RETRIBUTION’s leader: “I heard a rumor that before that it was supposed to be Finn Balor but he was doing something, I think the timing was off because he was slated to go down to NXT to become the NXT champion. I pitched like Vince himself, I pitched Shane McMahon. We had like a list at one point because basically I was just listing like the most important people I could think of because I wanted Vince to like love this story… They went with Ali and frankly, I doubt he wanted to do it.”

Donovan Dijak On Announcing WWE Contract Expiry, Pitching Vince McMahon As RETRIBUTION Leader

Donovan Dijak On Announcing WWE Contract Expiry, Pitching Vince McMahon As RETRIBUTION Leader

Donovan Dijak On Announcing WWE Contract Expiry, Pitching Vince McMahon As RETRIBUTION Leader

Donovan Dijak On Announcing WWE Contract Expiry, Pitching Vince McMahon As RETRIBUTION Leader

Donovan Dijak On Announcing WWE Contract Expiry, Pitching Vince McMahon As RETRIBUTION Leader