Why did the Freebirds leave WWE so quickly after their departure from WCCW?
There are two stories regarding this, both of which can be found in the same thread at Wrestling Classics. The ‘Birds actually began working TV squash matches for WWE in early August of 1984, about a month before leaving WCCW, with Cyndi Lauper’s boyfriend/manager Dave Wolff (and on one occasion, Lauper herself) in their corner. However, as Graham Cawthon’s History of WWE site shows, they were gone from the fed by the end of September. The story that has been widely reported is that Vince McMahon was mainly interested in signing Michael Hayes:Michael Hayes actually had a $250,000 deal with Elektra Records, but walked away from it when he left the WWF, something he has since admitted to regretting. Really the WWF wanted Michael Hayes out of the trio due to his look, charisma, speaking ability, and its desire to cash in on the Rock n Wrestling Connection by making a wrestler into a rock star. The record deal was arranged by Cyndi Lauper’s manager Dave Wolff. Gordy and Roberts were aftert
