Luke Gallows: Release after Taker match McMahon return shifts

Former WWE tag team champion Luke Gallows said in a new interview that his return to WWE in 2019 and his role in The Undertaker’s cinematic Boneyard Match at WrestleMania 36 were followed by an abrupt release, and that a surprise return by Vince McMahon months after his 2022 comeback changed the backstage atmosphere. Gallows, speaking to PWMania.com, recounted being let go shortly after the high-profile match and said he harbors no bitterness toward the company.

"It really was a whirlwind," Gallows said, describing reuniting with Karl Anderson as part of the OC and taking part in what he called The Undertaker's last match. "I got thrown to my death, Carl took the final Tombstone ever and then, just 11 days later, we were unceremoniously fired," he added, characterizing the release as abrupt and unexpected.

Gallows and Anderson returned to WWE in October 2022, a period the wrestler described as "fresh" and creatively invigorating under new leadership. But that mood shifted a few months later when the pair said they encountered McMahon arriving in a limousine. "We happen to see him in the parking garage," Gallows recalled. "From that point on, everything certainly got weird,...