Young was then asked whether he “worked” when he went back to WWE, and he stated that he did not. He noted that he never even left his house. Young stated that he had to sign an NDA when he left WWE, and he discussed his decision to do so.

“I didn’t, no. I actually never left my house. The whole story’s wild. I had to sign an NDA, and I’m not allowed to say names. The truth is, I don’t need to talk badly on it. It is what it is. I talked to Hunter, and he hired me back and wanted me back there, and I was. Another person came back, and I won’t work for that person. I won’t be around that person. I said that when I left there the first time, when I got fired, and I meant it. For me, there’s tons of professional reasons, but mostly it’s a personal and moral decision. I don’t have to be there. I have a very good life outside of there. There’s no doubt it’s the pinnacle of sports entertainment. We just saw [with WrestleMania XL]. I don’t know if it could be more perfect, to be honest. It’s the big fish in the pond, and no one will say that, I will never change my mind on it. That was my goal. I did, I went there, I had a bunch of cool things. I was hired back there to do something very cool, and it just didn’t work out. In the end, I was gonna be forced to compromise who I am as a person and as a man, and I’m not willing to do that. It’s not lost on me that I was able to make that choice because a lot of people aren’t going to get that choice. You’re going to make decisions and you’re going to be forced to do what you gotta to do. If this was 10 or 15 years ago, I wouldn’t have been able to make that choice," Young said.

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    2 months ago

    You don’t actually have to sign an NDA upon resigning. How do you think he was pressured into that one?

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      2 months ago

      The obvious answer would be: Why would they let him leave without one?

      He re-signed to the company, then Vince returned afterwards. He didn’t wanna work under Vince and wanted to leave…but he already signed the contract. There’s no buyers remorse period in a WWE contract. His options were, the moment Vince returned, to either:

      A) Work under the person he didn’t wanna work under.
      B) Sit out the 3y contract he just signed, making nothing but his downside guarantee until WWE chooses to lay him off (if they choose to) all the while his character cools off having disappeared from any TV or live appearances.
      C) Do whatever the fuck WWE asks him to do in exchange for getting out of his contract so he can go elsewhere.

      Given he was signed, Vince came back, and he immediately left with an NDA without any time having really passed for anything NDA-worthy to happen its almost a 100% certainty the NDA was a “Ok we’ll let you out just don’t tell anyone you’re immediately leaving the company specifically because Vince just came back cause that looks bad on us”, which given anyone paying attention when it happened would draw that conclusion immediately (and was pretty much reported by anyone as such), it’s a useless NDA that he gets to sign to get what he wants, and pretty much everyone knows the details the NDA is supposed to be hiding regardless, all he has to do is say ‘someone returned’ instead of ‘Vince returned’ and he’s golden.

      Literal win/win for the guy.

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    2 months ago

    So, Eric Young is the only man in the entire WWE with the moral fortitude to do what others claimed they would. Man is truly one of the greats and has some real grapefruits on him.