{"id":44124,"date":"2019-04-12T17:46:38","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T21:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=44124"},"modified":"2019-04-12T17:46:38","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T21:46:38","slug":"enzo-big-cass-back-as-freeagentz-in-the-social-media-era-were-the-f-ing-road-warriors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/04\/12\/enzo-big-cass-back-as-freeagentz-in-the-social-media-era-were-the-f-ing-road-warriors\/","title":{"rendered":"Enzo & Big Cass Back As FreeAgentZ: “In the Social Media Era, We\u2019re the F—ing Road Warriors”"},"content":{"rendered":"

For years, they were two of the most beloved WWE Superstars, starting in NXT before moving to the main roster. As Enzo & Big Cass<\/strong>, they were the perfect combination of wiley, diminutive hype man (Enzo) and tall powerhouse (Big Cass) – Enzo’s rapid-fire mic work was a smorgasbord of catchphrases and repeat-along lines that had the audience eating of his hands, and his hot tag to Big Cass – who usually had to clean up the messes that Enzo’s mouth created – was a guaranteed pop for the WWE Universe. But then things went sour. First, injuries began to creep in, then reports of Enzo’s backstage behavior, followed by a shift to\u00a0205 Live<\/strong><\/em>,\u00a0<\/em>where his athleticism (or rather lack-there-of) became painfully apparent alongside such cruiserweight stars as\u00a0Neville, Cedric Alexander\u00a0<\/strong>, and\u00a0Mustafa Ali<\/strong>. Big Cass returned from injury into a seemingly random feud for the newly unretired\u00a0Daniel Bryan.\u00a0<\/strong>Enzo became the suspect in an alleged rape case<\/a>, while Big Cass’ own backstage behavior also became an issue and soon they were both gone from the WWE – Enzo Amore was released in January of 2018<\/a>, while Big Cass followed suit in June.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Enzo remained quiet for much of 2019, as the investigation into the alleged sexual misconduct was underway, while Big Cass prepared to head to the indies, somewhere he hadn’t been since 2011 and his early days with World of Unpredictable Wrestling (WUW)<\/strong> in New York City. By the time of Cass’ release, the charges against Enzo were dropped<\/a>, but he seemed to be finished with sports entertainment and was pursuing a hip-hop career instead. To make matters worse, Cass and Enzo were no longer on speaking terms, having fallen out during their last year in the WWE. But all that changed this past December.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/briantheguppie\/status\/1061443457972084736<\/p>\n

Big Cass returned to the indies in November of 2018, first with Big Time Wrestling<\/strong> at shows in Massachusetts\u00a0and New York. Cass returned looking out of shape and seemed destined to remain languishing on lower level indies. It almost seemed like the fire was gone. And then in December, he was booked with Tommy Dreamer<\/strong>‘s House of Hardcore<\/strong>, in a match against former WWE Superstar MVP<\/strong>. Following the match, while signing autographs later in the show, he suffered a seizure and had to be taken to the hospital. Tommy Dreamer quickly assured everyone it wasn’t drug related and prayed for his health. And when news hit his former tag team partner Enzo, sitting at home, it started a path to reconciliation.<\/p>\n

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— REAL1 (FKA Enzo Amore) (@real1) December 9, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n