Dean Malenko Quits WWE

[Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast]

www.si.com/wrestling/2019/04/25/wwe-dean-malenko-simon-agent-departs

WWE road agent Dean Malenko has quit his role with the company, multiple sources have told Sports Illustrated.

Malenko (real name Dean Simon, 58) had been employed by WWE as a backstage agent for the past eight years, booking matches .

His greatest strengths as an agent were booking tag matches, finding ways to highlight shorter talent, and his knowledge of a technical style that is far different from the WWE brand of wrestling. Given his skillset, a natural landing spot for Malenko is the newly created All Elite Wrestling.

Known in the ring as “The Man of 1,000 Holds,” Malenko will forever be known as one of wrestling’s best technicians. He is also a second generation star trained by his father, the great Boris Malenko. He had runs in ECW and WCW, as well as WWE, and was even ranked number one in Pro Wrestling Illustrated’s “PWI 500” in 1997.

Sports Illustrated has reached out to WWE for comment, and will continue to update the story as it progresses.

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Malenko quit but was then told his contract was extended another 10 years.

[Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast]

In other news, WWE has recently hired Ciclope in a backstage role.

[DZ: WF Legacy]

I mean you know it's coming, so I might as well say it: he'd be an excellent backstage vet for AEW.

[Main Eventer]

Luke Harper trying to change his name to Dean so he can leave WWE.

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This just reminded me that my old avatar on here was Dean Malenko.

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he probably made a scene "IT'S NOT WORTH BEING HERE WITHOUT SASHA" and threw food at catering

[Brood Lone Wolf Funker]

He decided to embark on a quest for some charisma

[TWERKIN' MAGGLE]

The Horsepeople want out.

[SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts]

Horsemen reunion at AEW.

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Apr 25, 2019 20:06:24 GMT -5 Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast said:

www.si.com/wrestling/2019/04/25/wwe-dean-malenko-simon-agent-departs

WWE road agent Dean Malenko has quit his role with the company, multiple sources have told Sports Illustrated.

Malenko (real name Dean Simon, 58) had been employed by WWE as a backstage agent for the past eight years, booking matches .

His greatest strengths as an agent were booking tag matches, finding ways to highlight shorter talent, and his knowledge of a technical style that is far different from the WWE brand of wrestling. Given his skillset, a natural landing spot for Malenko is the newly created All Elite Wrestling.

Known in the ring as “The Man of 1,000 Holds,” Malenko will forever be known as one of wrestling’s best technicians. He is also a second generation star trained by his father, the great Boris Malenko. He had runs in ECW and WCW, as well as WWE, and was even ranked number one in Pro Wrestling Illustrated’s “PWI 500” in 1997.

Sports Illustrated has reached out to WWE for comment, and will continue to update the story as it progresses.

This gets said about him all the time, and it pisses me off, because I counted, and he only knows about sixty.

[Shy Guy]

Wtf is going on??? Since 'mania this has been crazy

[IgnahtaSempria]

Apr 25, 2019 20:06:24 GMT -5 Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast said:

His greatest strengths as an agent were booking tag matches, finding ways to highlight shorter talent, and his knowledge of a technical style that is far different from the WWE brand of wrestling. 

No wonder he's leaving. All of his specialties as an agent are for things WWE doesn't give a shit about pushing.

[realist]

I would like to think that he is just tired of the travel and the business and wants to slow down. However, I think he's probably not happy with the state of the WWE......or he sneezed and Vince McMahon told him that he would not tolerate such insubordination.

[1 Free Moon-Down with Burger]

Wait a minute.

Was Simon Dean a joke on Dean Malenko’s real name?!

[krozor]

(Scene: A WWE production meeting in 2019. Vince McMahon is making his 35th change to a script for a show that goes live in five minutes and is berating the writers and staff. Suddenly, Dean Malenko pushes his chair backwards and stands up, a stern look on his face.)

MALENKO: Wait a minute... Simon Dean? My name is Dean Simon. Was - was that a rib on me? I quit.

(Malenko storms out of the room and directly out of the building as the rest of the room looks on in confused silence.)

[Bear Skin Rug]

Apr 25, 2019 20:09:48 GMT -5 Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast said:

In other news, WWE has recently hired Ciclope in a backstage role.

I know there's a like button, but I just want to say I love this post so much.

[MrElijah]

Apr 25, 2019 22:06:12 GMT -5 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger said:

Wait a minute.

Was Simon Dean a joke on Dean Malenko’s real name?!

.....shit, that makes too much sense.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Apr 25, 2019 22:06:12 GMT -5 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger said:

Wait a minute.

Was Simon Dean a joke on Dean Malenko’s real name?!

Yes. Sorry for not telling you before, I just thought everyone knew that.

[mcmahonfan85]

this is getting to the point it reminds me of South Park's "Last of the Meheecans" episode, where all the immigrants get so tired of America they start fleeing in record numbers (to the point the boarder patrol tries to make them stay by basically turning the fence around and arresting people for trying to cross into Mexico). if you went back five, ten years ago, i don't think anyone would have guessed there'd be a time WWE's "spring cleaning" consisted of people trying to quit.