A former WWE wrestler claims he is unable to pay his mortgage after WWE chose not to renew his contract while he deals with a serious injury.
Luke Menzies, whose in-ring name is Ridge Holland, posted Tuesday on X claiming he is unable to wrestle for seven months due to injury, but has been left behind by the WWE.
“I never thought I’d not be able to pay my mortgage,” Menzies wrote. “I feel like I’ve just been hung out to dry after getting injured working for another company on behalf of WWE. Add to that my contract not being renewed knowing that i wouldn’t be able to wrestle for 7 months. This is brutal.”
Menzies sustained a foot injury while wrestling for TNA, a different wrestling promotion that has a partnership with WWE. He said on X in late October that he injured his neck even before the foot injury, and may need his neck fused. The English wrestler, who joined WWE in 2018, said the wrestling promotion is paying for his surgery and physical therapy, but called it the “bare minimum” they could do.
“Talk about getting totally fucked,” Menzies wrote in the X post.
In October, Menzies posted on X announcing he had been informed by WWE that they would not renew his contract ending on Nov. 14. Fightful Select reported Wednesday that WWE chose to terminate his contract more than a week early after his post Tuesday.
The WWE did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
A GoFundMe was opened for Menzies with a goal of $60,000. Susan Chapman was the organizer of the GoFundMe, but her relationship with Menzies is unclear. Her post indicates that Menzies took a “55% pay cut last year and have done everything possible to reduce their expenses.”
Several pro wrestlers have pledged $1,000, including WWE superstar Chelsea Green, though less than $9,000 had been raised as of midday Friday, Nov. 7.
The minimum annual salary for main roster talent in WWE is $350,000, according to Fightful Select. It’s likely Menzies made significantly less than that in recent years, given he has been on NXT, the WWE’s developmental promotion, since late 2023.
Menzies did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
