Bull Dempsy

Hey Scott.

What do you think happened with Bull Dempsy in NXT? I was surprised when he ended up getting beaten repeatedly by Baron Corbin, as I thought when it came to kind of boring, slow big guys, Bull was slightly better in the ring and on the mic. But now Corbin (who is CLEARLY not ready) is putting audiences to sleep on the main roster, and Bull is back in the indies.

I’m not saying Bull was the second coming or anything, but the audience seemed to enjoy chanting "Bull" as he entered (although I know some of that was prerecorded as part of his theme music), and he seemed to know more moves than the average big guy. Why did they give up on him so suddenly?

​From what I understand, it was pretty much they asked him to lose weight and even gave him the "Bull Fit" gimmick to shame him into dropping weight, and when that didn’t work they fired him. Because, you know, it’s not like Hulk Hogan made millions in the 80s beating fat guys every night. ​