A released WWE star has detailed scrapped main roster call-up plans for he and his stablemates, stating his belief that WWE’s direction for them changed after CM Punk made his return to the company at Survivor Series 2023.
On May 2, 2025, Wolfgang, Mark Coffey & Joe Coffey, collectively known as Gallus, were released by WWE along with several other talents across the main roster and NXT.
Throughout their eight year tenures in WWE, Gallus remained in NXT, initially in NXT UK before moving to Florida to join up with the main NXT roster in the Summer of 2022.
Despite plenty of speculation linking them with a move to Raw or SmackDown, Gallus never received that opportunity, however, during a new interview with Kevin for Mic Check with Mr. Anderson, Wolfgang shared details on the group’s scrapped main roster plans.
Wolfgang said he “knows for a fact” that Gallus were planned for the main roster, sharing his belief that WWE had plans to pair the trio with Drew McIntyre before those plans kept getting “kicked down the road” following CM Punk’s return to the company at Survivor Series 2023.
Wolfgang said:
“We were ready for main roster, even when we got to NXT, it was good to get there and get involved but we were ready to go at the drop of a hat to main roster.
“And I know for a fact that we were scheduled to be there. We were like three weeks out, and then three weeks came and they said ‘it’s actually like three months’ and the phrase they used was the ‘can keeps getting kicked down the road’.
“If you go look at the 2023 Survivor Series program for the main roster, or the 2024 Royal Rumble, there’s no one else in NXT in that, except for Gallus. And we’re right next to a full page spread of Drew McIntyre.
“So I think there was a plan for us to join Drew McIntyre at some point, and then CM Punk showed up and the can kept getting kicked down the road and they didn’t need us anymore.
“And I think they got stuck. ‘This is what we’re doing, we’ll get to it at some point’. They never even considered how else we’re going to do it.”
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Despite being “flabbergasted” by WWE’s decision to release Gallus, Wolfgang said he “loved” his time in the company and his experience living in Florida and feels “very privileged” to have spent over eight years with WWE.
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