An incident with SmackDown Live women's champion Carmella may have led to Big Cass' departure from WWE.
WrestlingNews.co's Taylor Underwood reported on Friday that Big Cass "caused a scene" when speaking to Carmella, with whom he previously had a relationship. Carmella started walking away before Cass "grabbed her arm," which led fellow wrestlers to intervene.
WWE confirmed Cass' departure from the company Tuesday.
Given the sudden nature of Cass' official release, speculation ran rampant as to what led to WWE's decision.
The move came hours before Tuesday's edition of SmackDown Live and only days after Cass wrestled at the Money in the Bank pay-per-view, where he lost to Daniel Bryan.