Cameron Grimes announced Tuesday on X that he was released as part of WWE's recent round of talent cuts.

Grimes made the announcement in an emotional video with tears in his eyes, noting that being in WWE is all he ever wanted to do.

At one point in the video, Grimes referred to himself as his old independent wrestling name Trevor Lee and noted that getting cut by WWE has lit a fire underneath him. Grimes also said, "If I have to go somewhere else now to show them that they missed out, I guess that's what I gotta do."

Fightful Select (h/t Cultaholic's Andrew Kelly) reported last week that Jinder Mahal, Xia Li, Veer, Sanga and Xyon Quinn had been released from WWE, and Fightful (h/t Cultaholic's Aidan Gibbons) followed up Monday with a report that NXT's Von Wagner was also part of the cuts.

The 30-year-old Grimes signed with WWE in 2019, and the bulk of his success in WWE came as part of NXT.

Grimes won the North American Championship and became hugely popular with the NXT fanbase thanks to his comedic character based on the premise that he won big on the stock market by investing in GameStop.

He parlayed that gimmick into a storyline with WWE Hall of Famer "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase, and it led to him feuding over the Million Dollar Championship with LA Knight, and winning the title on one occasion.

Grimes was called up to the main roster last year as part of SmackDown, but he never managed to gain much traction and was rarely used on TV. When he was, Grimes was taking losses more often than not.

Now, Grimes will be tasked with building himself up outside of WWE, which is something he did to great effect before signing with WWE in 2019.

As Trevor Lee, Grimes was a tag team champion in both TNA and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, plus he held the TNA X-Division Championship on three occasions.

TNA figures to potentially have some interest in bringing Grimes back into the fold, but the company could have competition from other promotions.

AEW was in its infancy when Grimes signed with WWE five years ago, but it has since established itself as the clear No. 2 promotion in wrestling, and it hasn't shied away from signing former WWE stars.

Grimes should have many options at his disposal, and if his goal is to make it back to WWE at some point, he will have a platform on which to ply his trade.

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