NXT Superstar Briley Pierce has been released from his WWE developmental contract today, just after news broke that WWE Superstar Derrick Bateman had also been fired.
I guarantee that was the funniest and most entertaining "You're released" phone call in WWE history. Bye, everybody!
— Briley Pierce (@HotYoungBriley) May 17, 2013
Pierce's real name is Ryan Nemeth, the younger brother of World Heavyweight Champion Dolph Ziggler, who made the following comment shortly after the announcement:
countless @wwe peeps personally told me how hard @hotyoungbriley worked & how he was the most entertaining guy in NXT#WeirdBiz
— Dolph Ziggler (@HEELZiggler) May 17, 2013
