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UPI
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- UPI
'Last of Us' family helped calm the nerves of S2 newbie Kaitlyn Dever
1 of 2 | Kaitlyn Dever and Pedro Pascal star in "The Last of Us" Season 2, wrapping up Sunday. Photo courtesy of HBO NEW YORK, May 25 (UPI) -- Justified, Last Man Standing, Unbelievable and Dopesick alum Kaitlyn Dever says she has had a long personal history with The Last of Us and felt overwhelmed with emotion when she was hired to star in HBO's adaptation of the blockbuster video game. "it was like all of the feelings. I was nervous. I was anxious, but also very excited. I've been a huge fan of this game and the show for a very long time," Dever, 28, said in a recent virtual press conference. Season 2 of the post-apocalyptic drama wraps up Sunday. Created by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann, the show follows Ellie (Bella Ramsey) and Dina (Isabela Merced) as they trek from Wyoming to Washington state to exact revenge against Abby (Dever) and the group of soldiers who executed their surrogate father Joel (Pedro Pascal) in front of them after Joel saved Abby's life. Just when I thought I couldn't miss them more. #TheLastOfUs HBO (@HBO) May 23, 2025 The heartbreaking murder came after Joel killed numerous people, including Abby's father, a doctor, at a hospital in an effort to protect Ellie, one of the few people in the world immune to the virus that killed billions and caused the breakdown of civilized society, in Season 1. When Dever was younger, she had been considered for the role of Ellie in a movie version of the game, which never got off the ground. "The world of The Last of Us is so large. You can definitely feel that in wardrobe fittings when you're first in prep and then, finally, getting on set," Dever said. "I felt less nervous once I got onto set just because of this wonderful group of people and being held by Craig and Neil. It really felt like I was being cared for and taken care of in a way that I haven't ever really experienced ever before. So, it was really a thrill as a person and an actor." Dever said she played the game with her real-life father Tim and felt like getting the Job on the show was something of a full-circle moment. "I loved what [Mazin and Druckmann] did in the first season. It was just pure magic. It was really so wonderful. I was a fan of the game. It was like a real bonding moment for me and my dad playing it together," she recalled. "When it did come back around, it felt surreal because it really kind of felt like, 'Oh, well, things that are meant to be in your life will happen if they're supposed to.' And it just felt right. Abby felt right. It was very cool." Mazin said Dever was the perfect fit for the character. "Kaitlyn did things that I'm not sure you even should have done. I don't know how you did them," he told her. "We knew her, obviously, as an actor and what she could do, but when you then meet the person and you're like: 'Well, what can you actually do? What are you comfortable with?'" Mazin continued. "And Kaitlyn just would never say, 'No.' And it was amazing. And when you see how physically tremendous her performance is, it's kind of insane." Mazin said he thinks the show's casting is the best contribution he and Druckmann have made to expand the story in a meaningful way for television. "I can't wait for you to see what they do and how they interact with each other. It's amazing," he said, referring to the other members of the ensemble present, including Ramsey, Pascal, Merced, Gabriel Luna, who plays Joel's brother Tommy, and Young Mazino, who plays Dina's boyfriend Jesse. The series has already been renewed for Season 3. Pedro Pascal's career: hit series, films, red carpets Pedro Pascal arrives on the red carpet at the premiere of "Game of Thrones" Season 4 in New York City on March 18, 2014. Pascal portrayed Oberyn Martell on the series. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
Buzz Feed
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
'90s Stars Who Quit Hollywood
Plenty of performers who rose to fame in the '90s went on to become household names. Others, however, faded from the spotlight, choosing to pursue more "normal" careers or low-key lifestyles instead. Here are 22 '90s stars who ditched Hollywood: Jonathan Taylor Thomas exited Home Improvement before the series ended, appearing in only three episodes of the final season. Trading acting for academia, he attended Columbia, Harvard, and St. Andrew's University. In 2013, he told People, "I'd been going nonstop since I was 8 years old. I wanted to go to school, to travel, and have a bit of a sit in a big library amongst books and students — that was pretty cool. It was a novel experience for me." He went on to work mainly as a director and voice actor. However, he's done a few small acting roles over the years, most notably guest-starring on his former co-star Tim Allen's show, Last Man Standing. Tim is open to having JTT return for his new show, Shifting Gears. He told Us Weekly, "Everything is a possibility. He just came back [to the last episode we filmed]. He showed up on the literally my kid. I raised that kid for eight years on Home Improvement. All of these are my kids, and I'm kind of sick about this." After The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ended, Karyn Parsons had trouble finding roles because of the lack of opportunities for actors of color at the time. She co-created her own sitcom, Lush Life, but it was canceled after only four episodes because the new Fox studios execs decided to pull the plug on all the new comedies at the time. Eventually, she moved to NYC, where she met her husband and started a family. She told Vice, "My interests were changing. It became very difficult to do everything, to memorize lines for a part and have to get someone to last-minute watch the kids — to race across town and do all that, and if you got a call back, do it again. I'd find myself dropping the ball a lot." She switched her focus to writing. Then, in 2005, she founded Sweet Blackberry, a nonprofit that teaches kids about the lesser-known aspects of Black history. She said, "When I was pregnant with my daughter, that's when I started really thinking about what are they going to teach her in school, and what am I supposed to teach her? How do I supplement her education as a parent? As I was talking a lot about Black history and stories that you don't hear about, my husband was like, 'You need to do this.'" In 1997, Rick Moranis took a step back from acting to focus on his kids after his wife, Anna, died from breast cancer. In 2015, he told The Hollywood Reporter, "I took a break, which turned into a longer break. But I'm interested in anything that I would find interesting. I still get the occasional query about a film or television role...I was working with really interesting people, wonderful people [in Hollywood]. I went from that to being at home with a couple of little kids, which is a very different lifestyle. But it was important to me. I have absolutely no regrets whatsoever. My life is wonderful." At no point did he actually consider himself "retired" from acting, but shifting his focus was important for his family. He said, "It wasn't a formal decision. It began in an already busy year, where I declined a film that was being shot out of town as the school year was beginning. But I was fortunate to be able to continue to make a living writing and doing voice work in Manhattan." He was reportedly set to reprise the role of Wayne Szalinski in the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids sequel Shrunk, but according to lead actor Josh Gad on Twitter, production has stalled multiple times. Omri Katz told Bronx Buds, "I left the industry not too long after Hocus Pocus and kind of never really looked back." He also told Bloody Disgusting, "I grew up in the industry, so that's kind of all I knew. I think I was soul searching and wanted more of a human experience; just see what else is out there, see the world, and be normal. I didn't really have that growing up." However, he returned to LA after spending time surfing, snowboarding, and traveling. He said, "I wanted to get back into acting for all the wrong reasons — to make money so I could escape again — and that didn't work out too well. I had to get a real job, the first one in my life!" He worked as a hairdresser until he transitioned to the cannabis industry. He said, "Obviously, I had to be discreet, stay under the radar, but I've been doing it ever since. I have my own brand called The Mary Danksters. We're doing everything the legal way, and I'm really excited to see where this industry takes me. It's been a tough thing to navigate, but I feel confident that I've got something to contribute." After roles became harder to come by, American Pie actor Chris Owen took a job as a server at a Santa Monica sushi restaurant. In 2014, he told the New York Daily News, "Life doesn't always go the way you planned. I love acting, and this job lets me stay in the fight...I get recognized a lot. I walk up to the table and see the look in their get excited, and it feels good. I like connecting with people for that brief moment in time." He's continued acting, most recently appearing in the movie Money Game. Yasmeen Ghauri left the modeling world behind in the mid-90s, per Vogue. After retiring from the catwalk, she married and started a family with Ralph Bernstein. She went on to be an advocate for breast cancer research and environmental causes. Following a decline in music sales, Vanilla Ice decided to turn to house flipping after he made a major profit selling off the homes he'd purchased when his rap career took off. In 2014, he told the New York Daily News, "I thought, 'Is it that easy to make money?'" He returned to school to study design and construction, then went on to balance his music career with his contractor career. He said, "I'm a weekend rocker. Monday, it's back to work." In the 2010s, he hosted two DIY reality shows — The Vanilla Ice Project and Vanilla Ice Goes Amish. According to the Independent, Bridget Fonda retired from acting in 2002. She had actually signed on to a recurring role on The Practice in 2003, but after "miraculously" surviving a car accident a few weeks before the series went into production, she was replaced. In 2023, she reportedly told a paparazzo at an airport that she wouldn't return to acting because "it's too nice being a civilian." Here's a slightly more recent picture of her from 2009. In 1997, following his declaration of bankruptcy and the death of his friend Tupac Shakur, MC Hammer reconnected with his Christian faith. He was ordained as a minister in the Church of God in Christ. Soon after, he began leading his own "Hammertime" hip-hop gospel prayer services. In 2000, he told the LA Times, "Whether the bankruptcy played any role in my refocusing, that's great. Hallelujah, I hope it did! But the most important part of what occurred to me was love, missing the love of God in the way that I had known it...I ran from being a preacher! I didn't want to be a preacher. I knew that once I became a preacher that I would be held to more responsibilities. I already had a burden to my community." Here's a more recent picture of him. In 2000, Matilda star Mara Wilson left acting, shifting her focus to writing instead. In 2016, she told NPR, "There wasn't like one big moment where I knew I was done. ... The rejection hurt because it had been just such a prominent part of my life for so long. It had been the thing that defined me. I remember in college, I would sleep through my acting classes — I would self-sabotage — because I was so afraid to let people see me as an actor. I was at NYU, and I knew there were a lot of good actors there, and the thing about acting classes is you're playing parts you don't usually play. ... [You have to] not be afraid to make mistakes. Well, I was terrified; I was frozen with fear." She continued, "That's when I started focusing more on writing. Writing I'd always loved. Even on the sets of various movies, I would always be in my trailer writing stories — usually very similar to whatever Judy Blume or Beverly Cleary or Bruce Coville book I was reading at the time — but I loved to write. I started writing dialogue, and I started doing performance pieces — like 10-minute solo performance pieces — and eventually I did a one-woman show, and that felt so much more real than being on a set every day. There's a saying ... 'If you can live without it, you should,' and I found that I could." Alongside writing, she's continued to work as a voice actor. Smoke Signals actor Evan Adams has done a few small acting roles over the years, but he's done more work in two other fields — playwriting and medicine. According to his official website, he graduated from the University of Calgary with his medical degree in 2002. He's served as the first Aboriginal Health Physician Advisor in the Office of the Provincial Health Officer, BC Ministry of Health and the Deputy Provincial Health Officer for British Columbia. Now, he's the Chief Medical Officer of the First Nations Health Authority. Here's a more recent picture of him. A Little Princess actor Liesel Matthews hasn't acted since 2000. According to Vice, Matthews was a stage name — she's actually Liesel Pritzker, heiress to the family who founded Hyatt hotels. In 1995, she told Entertainment Tonight, "I don't think I want to become a huge actress or anything. And I wouldn't make it a career. It would still be a hobby." Per Vice, Liesel majored in African history at Columbia. During her freshman year, she sued her dad and the Pritzker cousins, alleging they'd cleared out her and her brother's trust funds in a way "so heinous, obnoxious, and offensive as to constitute a fraud." According to Vanity Fair, the cousins allegedly made a "secret pact" to divvy up the family fortune in a way that excluded Liesel and her brother. In 2005, the Sydney Morning Herald reported that the siblings settled the lawsuit, each receiving $450 million in cash and other trusts. Leisel went on to found the impact investment organization Blue Haven Initiative alongside her husband, Ian Simmons. Never Been Kissed actor Leelee Sobieski left acting to focus on her growing family. In 2016, she told Us Weekly, "I don't do movie stuff anymore. I am totally an outsider! I … am just a mom and an outsider... I am just focused on my kids. I think that's mainly why I stopped." Describing her life with her fashion designer husband, Adam Kimmel, she added, "I help my husband with what he does. And I paint, secretly!" However, in 2018, she re-emerged as an artist under the name Leelee Kimmel. She told Artnet, "I kept working fervently in secret. Painting was always my goal; I just kept getting distracted with work things and paying end up going from one role to another with all this energy behind them, and you just become emptier and emptier and emptier — you end up having no real experiences. To cry, you end up drawing on the experiences of another character you played. I don't want my children to look at Netflix and see me on screen in the arms of someone who's not their dad." In 2017, The Adventures of Pete & Pete actor Michael C. Maronna told Talk Nerdy With Us, "After Pete & Pete was done, I went to college and travelled around a little bit. I was auditioning after college and then started working as an [electrician] doing lighting, and I've been in the union for the past ten years." Then, in 2020, he told Rewind It Magazine, "I was always interested in the technical aspects of film production and spent my whole life on sets, whether film, TV show, or commercials. I have worked in the theater as well and have family in the stage business, but it didn't hold the same allure for me." "On Pete & Pete, production was on location and shot on 16mm film, as opposed to a television show shot on videotape in a studio. This afforded me a lot of opportunities to get to know the process and the equipment and to ask the crew a lot of questions. After the first season of half-hour episodes, the grips gave me a tool belt with some tools as a wrap gift. It was very sweet. A couple of seasons later, I just kept asking questions of the gaffer, and eventually he offered me a job after the show ended. My first proper electric job was on a film called Six Ways To Sunday. I auditioned for the lead role and ended up driving the electric truck for it. A lot of crew from Pete & Pete worked on the job, so it was a nice transition. The pandemic shutdown put a lot of shows on hold for a few months, but I've been back to work for a while. Currently, I'm working on Dickinson Season 3, starring Toby Huss," he said. In 2017, Michael's The Adventures of Pete & Pete costar Danny Tamberelli told Talk Nerdy With Us, "I worked for Nickelodeon until 2000. I was on All That, and then I went to college and tried to be a normal kid." He reconnected with Michael years later. Danny continued, "We had done some Pete & Pete reunions prior to the Splat being invented in 2011 or 2012, so that was when we started hanging out again. That's when we decided to do a podcast." They co-host the podcast The Adventures of Danny and Mike, and they also had small roles in I Saw the TV Glow together. Here's Danny more recently. Hook actor Charlie Kosmo told Case Western Reserve University's The Daily, "As I recall, I mostly wanted to get out of school and make enough money to buy a Nintendo. I never saw acting as a lifelong career ambition." He left acting and had a "relatively normal" high school experience, then in college, he filmed Can't Hardly Wait but decided that full-time acting wasn't his calling. He said, "I think I managed the trick of leaving voluntarily just about the time I would have been thrown out anyway." After graduating from MIT, he worked in various government positions before going to law school. He went on to become a law professor. However, he's appeared in a few movies over the years, most recently A Different Man. The Crying Game actor Jaye Davidson's last acting role was in 2009, though he's been predominantly absent from the he public eye since 1994. In 2019, director Neil Jordan told Yahoo Entertainment, "Very wisely actually, Jaye made one other movie for which he made a ton of money. He then said, 'Look, this is not for me.' You know? He went back to his life. He's a very happy man now. He's bulked up now. … Different person now. But very healthy and very good." Jaye reportedly lives in Paris and works as a fashion stylist. Here's a more recent photo of Jaye. In a 2013 blog post, Mrs. Doubtfire actor Lisa Jakub wrote, "You've probably left a job before. Why did you leave? Probably because you didn't enjoy it anymore. Maybe something about that job didn't feel authentic to you or fit in with what you wanted from life. There were probably parts of your job that you really liked, but one day, when you made your pro and con list, the con side was longer. Maybe you had done the job for 18 years – like I had. Maybe it was time to do something new. That's why I left my job. I didn't hate it. It wasn't awful, and I'm not whining about how hard my life was. Parts of it were really wonderful for a while. But then I got to the point where it just wasn't fun for me anymore." She continued, "So, I decided I should leave before I became one of those alcoholic/eating disorder ravaged/drug addicted train wrecks of a former child actor. I had no desire to be a cautionary since I left LA a decade ago, I've been trying to bury Lisa Jakub. I've buried her with going to college, getting married, becoming a writer, and learning how to use my stove. I've been trying to forget that the old life existed. Everyone has something that they try to cover up about themselves, something that makes them feel different and a little strange. Something that they worry will make them not quite fit in, like that quickie divorce or the strange uncle or the funny-looking thing on their foot. Movies happen to be that thing for me." In 2015, she published the book You Look Like That Girl: A Child Actor Stops Pretending and Finally Grows Up. After The Wonder Years ended, Josh Saviano went on to study political science at Yale. Then, for 12 years, he worked as a corporate and intellectual property transactional attorney and played a role in the onset of influencer marketing. He co-founded Spotlight Advisory Group, where he serves as president. Here's a more recent photo of Josh. Clarissa Explains It All actor Jason Zimbler went on to earn a bachelor's degree in business administration and a master's in theatre directing. He worked as a professional theater director and served as the Buck's Rock Performing and Creative Arts Camp's theatre program head, director, and educator. In 2013, he told The New York Daily News he was balancing directing with his career as a software developer/designer for HBO. Sleepless in Seattle actor Ross Malinger's last acting credit is an episode of Without a Trace from 2006. According to The Hollywood Reporter, he went on to work in author sales, managing Automotive Legends until its closure in 2009. And finally, according to his official website, Highlander: The Series actor Peter Wingfield initially left medical school a month before graduation to pursue acting. Then, in 2011, he took a step back from acting and returned to medical school. According to the Paths Podcast, he now works as an anesthesiologist at LA's Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Yahoo
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
WGA Members Reverse 2024 Censure Of Tim Doyle
WGA members on Friday overturned a 2024 censure of Tim Doyle for posting a 'racist and offensive depiction of a lynching' on Facebook, Deadline has confirmed. Doyle, the longtime showrunner whose credits include Rules of Engagement, Last Man Standing and Better Off Ted, has always maintained the drawing was a joke. It was posted during the TV and film writers strike and depicted a man hanging upside down from a tree. More from Deadline Writers Guild Of America West Staff Union Wins Voluntarily Recognition, Moves To Negotiate First Contract WGA West Penalizes 6 Members For Allegedly Breaking Strike Rules, Announces Multiple Disciplinary Appeals TV Writers Hit By Drastic Reduction In Number Of Jobs, Says WGA Doyle quickly removed the post and apologized. But the union's board of directors revealed last summer that a punishment was initiated, nonetheless. 'Mr. Doyle was charged with engaging in conduct prejudicial to the welfare of the Guild and unfair dealing with other members in violation of Article X.A., Section 1 of the Constitution,' according to a letter sent to membership last year. 'After hearing evidence, including Mr. Doyle's testimony, a trial committee of Current members in good standing found Mr. Doyle guilty as charged.' Deadline has learned that WGA members received a ballot last week that gave them the opportunity to rule on Doyle's censure. (That same ballot also asked members whether to uphold punishments against Julie Bush, Edward Drake and Roma Roth for allegedly working during the 2023 strike, said a source.) Though Doyle's censure was overturned, the trio's punishment was upheld by their fellow writers, Deadline has learned. A spokesman for the WGA could not be reached for comment Saturday. It's unclear whether the decision to ease up on Doyle was influenced by a recent email campaign that was started by comedy writer Rob Ulin (Ramy, Young Sheldon). Deadline understands Ulin's message was sent to showrunners who then distributed it to their writing staffs. Here's what it said: If you are reading this, you are a colleague or friend of mine who is also a member of the Writers Guild. I want to urge you to please vote to overturn the WGA censure that was imposed on Tim Doyle last year. On the 100th day of the strike, Tim posted a joke about how he wanted to hang himself along with a piece of clip-art of a man hanging from a tree. Potentially, this was insensitive toward families of suicide victims, but none of them were offended. However, some African American Guild members felt triggered by the image which, to them, looked like an image of a lynching. Tim took down the post and apologized profusely, and I know for a fact that he felt terrible about having hurt people. Still the WGA held a hearing. The Hearing Committee concluded that Tim did not intend to post a picture of a lynching, but he should have recognized the picture's potentially triggering effect, and so they recommended that he be privately censured. The WGA Board then overturned the decision of the Hearing Committee and voted to chastise Tim publicly, sending out notices of censure to all 17,000 Guild members. THE GUILD HAS NEVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN ITS 92-YEAR HISTORY. Predictably, Tim has been unable to get work since this happened. I know of at least one show that wanted to hire him but didn't feel they could take the risk because of the censure. Yesterday all WGA members received a ballot, allowing them to vote on Tim's appeal. I am asking you to please vote to overturn the Guild's ill-advised and dangerous decision in the next 48 hours. Voting will close on May 9 at 2 pm PST. I have known Tim for 35 years. He is a committed anti-racist and a devoted union member. He deeply regrets that he hurt some people's feelings and he has learned from this experience. I think it is vitally important that we do this. I don't want my union in the business of blacklisting writers. If it can happen to Tim, it can happen to you, Thank you,Rob Ulin -Peter White and Dominic Patten contributed to this report. Best of Deadline All The Songs In Netflix's 'Forever': From Tyler The Creator To SZA 2025 TV Series Renewals: Photo Gallery 2025 TV Cancellations: Photo Gallery
Hindustan Times
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Randy Orton vs John Cena: When and where to watch WWE Backlash; channel, live streaming and more
In what promises to be one of the most emotionally charged main events in WWE history, legends John Cena and Randy Orton are set to collide one final time at WWE Backlash 2025. The blockbuster premium live event will take place on Saturday, May 10, at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri — Orton's hometown — raising the stakes for the showdown, as reported by The Takedown. Also read: WWE cuts 2025: Full list of released stars including Braun Strowman, Cora Jade, and Dakota Kai The match, billed as the ultimate culmination of a two-decade-long rivalry, will see Cena put his Undisputed WWE Championship on the line against Orton in what has been officially promoted as their last-ever in-ring encounter. Date: Saturday, May 10, 2025 Venue: Enterprise Center, St. Louis, Missouri Main Event: John Cena (c) vs. Randy Orton for the Undisputed WWE Championship The choice of venue is especially significant, as St. Louis is the hometown of Randy Orton, giving him the emotional edge in what could be his final title shot against his career-long rival. WWE Backlash 2025 will be streamed live globally via Netflix, marking the company's expanded partnership with the streaming giant. For Indian fans, this also brings the event closer and more accessible than ever before. India Streaming Time: Sunday, May 11, 2025 Start Time in India: 4:30 am IST Where to watch: Live on Netflix For viewers in the United States, the event will stream on Peacock beginning at 7:00 pm ET on May 10. The match, billed as the ultimate culmination of a two-decade-long rivalry, will see Cena put his Undisputed WWE Championship on the line against Orton in what has been officially promoted as their last-ever in-ring encounter. The encounter is expected to serve not just as a title fight, but a symbolic passing of an era for the WWE Universe. Cena and Orton have crossed paths countless times since both rose through the ranks of WWE in the early 2000s. From brutal Last Man Standing matches to headline-worthy WrestleMania bouts, the two icons have defined a generation of professional wrestling. Now, with both men in the twilight of their in-ring careers, this clash carries not just gold on the line, but legacy, as reported by India Times. The event has captured global attention, with fans eager to see which legend will walk away with the championship — and the final word. For Cena, it's a chance to close out one of the most decorated WWE runs with another milestone victory. For Orton, it's an opportunity to win big in front of a home crowd and reclaim the title that once defined his dominance. Also read: Is Hulk Hogan ok? WWE legend's new look on talk show sparks concerns The full match card also features several marquee bouts, but all eyes will be on Cena vs. Orton — a match destined to be etched in WWE history as the end of one of wrestling's greatest rivalries.
Newsweek
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
Braun Strowman Details Brutal Injuries Suffered With WWE
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Braun Strowman is easily one of the best big men in modern professional wrestling, boasting immense strength, impressive athleticism, and the ability to connect with an audience. It's because of this that Strowman has remained one of the most beloved wrestlers of his style. More Pro Wrestling: Karrion Kross Teases Former AEW Stars Joining WWE Despite his dedication to WWE, Strowman was released alongside a bevy of other talent, much to the chagrin of WWE fans ever since. And their feelings got even more complicated when it was revealed how much he actually went through. PARIS, FRANCE - MAY 19: Braun Strowman (L) in action vs Kevin Owens during WWE Live AccorHotels Arena Popb Paris Bercy on May 19, 2018 in Paris, France. PARIS, FRANCE - MAY 19: Braun Strowman (L) in action vs Kevin Owens during WWE Live AccorHotels Arena Popb Paris Bercy on May 19, 2018 in Paris, an interview with Miles Addy, Strowman shared all of the injuries he had sustained during his time with WWE and how they had an impact on his time with the company. "Before I even debuted on TV, I ruptured my L5S1, which paralyzed my left leg 100 percent," Strowman said. "Had emergency surgery, I got 85 percent of it back, so my entire career, I've wrestled with a 15 percent paralyzed left leg from my low back." "I've had elbow surgery twice," Strowman continued. "My teeth are fake. All these scars when I went through the windshield in the Wyatt Family Swamp fight. I broke my neck, have a metal plate four screws in my neck. "I tore my groin two minutes into the Last Man Standing match with Bronson Reed, went 20 more minutes with a torn groin. They all suck, but it's part of the game." More Pro Wrestling: Shelton Benjamin Takes Massive Shot at Hulk Hogan Over Latest Controversy Now, having been released, it has been reported that Strowman is taking time to focus on what he wants to do next, whether it's working for another promotion or retiring from professional wrestling altogether. No matter what he chooses, there is no doubt that Strowman has had an excellent career. After working as a strongman, Strowman began training with WWE in 2013, appearing in dark matches. He eventually made his television debut as a member of The Wyatt Family Aug. 24, 2015. More Pro Wrestling: Released WWE Star Breaks Silence On Departure Strowman would remain with WWE until he was first released in 2021, operating as one of the most popular big men in the company. In that time, he took home the WWE Universal Championship, the Intercontinental Championship, and the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship twice. Strowman also won Money in the Bank in 2018 and the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royale in 2019. What is the point of rehiring him if you gonna release him again . Braun strowman is actually few one of the athletic big men we have . He elevated bronson and Jacob fatu . It sucks man . Look how emotional he looked when he came back — Reigns Is Greatness (@spiritbomb_goku) May 2, 2025 Strowman would return to WWE in 2022, teaming with Ricochet and having memorable feuds with Gunther, Bronson Reed, and Jacob Fatu. More Pro Wrestling: Becky Lynch Takes Major Shot at Hulk Hogan Following Comparison Remarks For more WWE and professional wrestling news, head on over to Newsweek Sports.
