Justin LaBar

Well, look, it's unfortunate when anybody gets cut.

And obviously, as we talked about, Kofi and Xavier, that was not a cut.

That was, again, we want a restructured deal.

They didn't like that.

And so both sides parted ways.

It sounds like JC Mateo and Tonga Loa was more of the traditional, hey, we still need a few more bucks that need to be cut.

That's being told to Triple H. Triple H got to make a call.

And so this is the call he makes.

I work with Jeff Cobb on some independent shows.

Great guy, great worker for his size, the way he worked in the ring.

Solid guy to have around.

I never ever had any dealings with Tangelo, but obviously he got over big in Japan in the tag team.

But I think this is where it's tough.

We have to step away from fandom and just try to look at this from, I guess, unfortunately, the business aspect of this, which is, all right, they came in, they're part of the MFTs, they're part of Solo's group.

after initial impact, after initial arrival, what was the group doing the most?

Feuding with the Wyatt Six, who all five just got released earlier, just a few weeks ago.

And then you take a look at

And again, if they would have provided JC Mateo more matches and more opportunity, yeah, it might be a different fate.

They didn't provide it to him.

And again, it goes back to there's no house shows.