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Ex-WWE Star Issues Statement On Wrestling Future

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A former WWE superstar has given an update on what’s next in his career.

Damon Kemp was a WWE NXT superstar who was a part of the No Quarter Catch Crew stable with Charlie Dempsey and Myles Borne. On July 9th, Kemp revealed that he was no longer under WWE contract. Kemp was a former amateur wrestler whose real name is Bobby Steveson.

After his release, Dave Meltzer wrote in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter about how there was nervousness within the company about more releases coming.

“The Bobby Steveson cut has led to a lot of nervousness in NXT among those whose contracts are coming due, because unlike other cuts like Dijak (main roster contract), Gable Steveson (huge contract and didn’t show much) and Gulak (the Rousey situation and other things that came up), Bobby Steveson was good in the ring for his level of experience and nobody had anything negative to say.”

“So except for those who are clearly being pushed as future stars, many others do have the deal of if they would cut him, who else would they cut.”

Since the release happened in early July, it was believed that there was a 30-day no-compete clause on Steveson’s deal as an NXT talent.

Former WWE Superstar Damon Kemp Is Now Free To Wrestle Anywhere

Earlier today on August 12th, Steveson went on Twitter/X to announce he is no longer contracted to WWE and can wrestle anywhere while also providing his email address.

As of today I am no longer contracted with WWE. I want to wrestle anywhere and everywhere. For bookings/appearances contact damonkempmgmt@gmail.com

Kemp was hired by WWE in the summer of 2021 so he had about a three-year run with the company.