“I asked for my release” – 62-year-old star hated his time in WWE

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In an appearance on INSIGHT with Chris Van Vliet, the veteran revealed why he hated his time in the promotion. He said things started off well, but after the WWE Championship was taken from Rob Van Dam and Sabu was fired, things went downhill.

“Oh my god, it just sucked. Except, well, it was great when we were all together, but once f*cking Van Dam and Sabu got caught smoking pot it was done. Then they take the belt away from Van Dam like within two days. It worked out for me a little good because I got a title match against the Show. But then that was like the beginning of the end,” he said.

The former ECW Champion said he received a call from Mark Carrano, who was the Senior Director of Talent Relations. Carrano told him that he had been drafted to RAW, which wasn’t what he wanted. The Sandman said he was “miserable” where he was and then asked for his release.

“All they were doing was taking sh*t away from me. When they brought Austin back, ‘Heck you can’t bring beer out to the ring anymore.’ I asked Johnny, ‘Please just release me.’ He goes, ‘No, you’ll be fine without the beer.’ And that wasn’t the first time I asked for my release. There’s something else that happened, and I asked for my release. Johnny said no. And then after the Africa tour, they had to fire me because I went batsh*t in Africa. I just didn’t care,” he added.

The Sandman retired before WWE WrestleMania 42 weekend

The Sandman wrestled across four decades and for multiple promotions in his career. After years of in-ring work, he finally retired just a day before WWE WrestleMania 42.

He wrestled his final match at GCW Joey Janela’s Spring Break X, held at the Horseshoe in Las Vegas during WrestleMania 42 weekend.

He took on The Invisible Man in a match that was full of chaos and saw WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley make an appearance. Foley lent a helping hand to The Sandman, but he ultimately fell short.

If you use quotes from this article, please credit INSIGHT with Chris Van Vliet and give an H/T to Sportskeeda Wrestling for the transcription.