Former WWE Superstar JONAH (Bronson Reed) recently appeared on Sami Callihan’s “Callihan Uncensored” podcast to discuss his release from WWE after he just had a run with the NXT North American Championship run and a SmackDown dark match. JONAH noted that he was “shocked” by his release, saying,

“Yeah, it’s crazy to me. I had some of the biggest names in the business contacting me after and they were scratching their heads. It just seemed like it came out of left field, and I was actually waiting for a call to be moved to Raw or Smackdown and then I got released.. so, very shocking to me.

“But as you said, it was like a weight was lifted off my own shoulders. I sort of feel like the shackles are off for a lack of a better term. I can do what I want to do and I’m very lucky to have companies like Impact Wrestling that have sort of nurtured that as well.”

Since being released by WWE, JONAH has been working for Impact Wrestling, NJPW Strong, PWG, and Defy.

(h/t – Fightful)