Former NFL star Shawne “Lights Out” Merriman, who had been training to be a wrestler and an announcer and was reported at one stage to have signed a deal with the WWE around the time of the WrestleMania 30 pay-per-view is said to no longer be under contract to the company and has no affiliation with the WWE according to a report from The Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

As of writing, it is unknown as to why both sides parted ways and whether Merriman, a noted wrestling fan, may be used on WWE’s panel shows in the future as a guest.