WWE.com Confirms The Release Of Justin Gabriel - Details Inside

Birthdate: 03/03/1981 (age 33) Height: 6'1" Weight: 213 Ib A second-generation wrestler, Lloyd was initial...

UPDATE: The following is from WWE.com:

WWE has come to terms on the release of WWE Superstar Justin Gabriel as of Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015. WWE wishes Justin Gabriel the best in all of his future endeavors.

ORIGINAL: Although we don't have a lot of details at this point, Justin Gabriel quit WWE this weekend.

Gabriel, real name Paul Lloyd, Jr., signed a developmental deal with the promotion in 2008, where he was asigned to the Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) promotion, WWE's developmental territory at the time.

In February of 2010, Gabriel competed in the first season of NXT, finishing third in the competition, before being called up to the main roster in June of 2010, joining "The Nexus" faction. Gabriel is a former three-time WWE Tag-Team Champion.

No other details are available at this time. 

We will update you as soon as more information becomes available on this story.

Justin Gabriel Was Pulled From The WWE Royal Rumble, & More News & Notes Inside Here

Birthdate: 03/03/1981 (age 33) Height: 6'1" Weight: 213 Ib A second-generation wrestler, Lloyd was initial...

-- As noted earlier, Dolph Ziggler, Ryback and WWE Tag Team Champions The Usos have been added to the Royal Rumble match. Ziggler and Ryback won qualifying matches on SmackDown, while Erick Rowan lost his qualifier against Luke Harper.

We noted earlier that WWE.com had removed the listing of three names of the entrants for tonight’s WWE Royal Rumble match at the Royal Rumble event. Justin Gabriel and Los Matadores are no longer on the list of participants. Hour after this post, word came out that Justin Gabriel had quit WWE. We hope to have more on why he quit shortly. The number of official entrants is now 17.

-- WWE.com is running a poll asking fans who they will be rooting for in the WWE Championship match at tonight's Royal Rumble pay-per-view. 

With over 15,000 votes cast, John Cena has 48% of the vote, while Lesnar has 34% and Rollins has only 18%.

-- Check out this video of Dean Ambrose, Goldust, Stardust and Fandango picking their numbers for the Royal Rumble: