Austin Aries Released by WWE

Now this is out of nowhere it seems. WWE.com is wishing Austin Aries well in his future endeavours.

Pretty much all it says so far, but it would appear that Double A asked for his release based on speculation on this tweet earlier in the day:

It's a beautiful day.

— Austin Healy Aries (@AustinAries) July 7, 2017

After getting injured by Shinsuke Nakamura on NXT with a kick dislodging his eye socket, he was moved to commentary and then became a key member of the Cruiserweight division. I would guess that being in that division did not line up with where he feels he should be used by the company.