Backstage News on Rich Brennan’s WWE Release, How Brennan Reacted to the Release, His Future and More

May 2, 2016

As we reported last week, WWE released announcers Rich Brennan and Kyle Edwards.

According to Ryan Satin of ProWrestlingSheet.com, Brennan’s release came as a surprise to the former voice of WWE NXT, but the report notes he remains positive about his future.

The report adds Brennan’s release was done over the phone, and he was surprised by the release news as he was assured by WWE officials back in December that his job was secure after the hiring of Mauro Ranallo as Smackdown’s lead announcer.

Brennan is reportedly under a WWE no-compete clause for several more months.

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.