He was eventually let go, but he was furious when WWE released his wife Maria Kanellis while she was pregnant. Regardless, he seems to have found a new lease on life in wrestling and has admitted that his passion has been revitalized again.
Speaking to SiriusXM’s Busted Open Radio (H/T SEScoops), Mike Bennett revealed that he had many good conversations with Vince McMahon and requested his release if he wasn’t going to be utilized well:
Mike Bennett told Vince McMahon that he would keep the option open of returning, but Vince McMahon convinced him to stay:
Mike Bennett admitted that the one thing he respected about Vince McMahon was his brutal honesty and lack of sugar-coating, stating that it was other people who did that:
Mike Bennett felt that Vince McMahon got too distracted
As the busiest man in the company, it should come as no surprise that Vince McMahon always had multiple things on his plate despite making time for conversations with people like Mike Bennett.
Mike Bennett admitted that his conversations with Vince McMahon never materialized because superstars like Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, and Bray Wyatt would walk in immediately after him, resulting in Vince McMahon forgetting their initial conversation in the first place.
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