Question: what happened to the big guy on wwe

title: Ryback
text: Immediately after announcing his WWE departure , Reeves announced via his Instagram that he would be taking independent bookings . It was announced that Reeves would wrestle at Rumble in Rockland for Northeast Wrestling on August 25 , his first non-WWE appearance . He also appeared on August 27 for Northeast Wrestling at Wrestling Under the Stars 5 . In WrestlePro , he won the WrestlePro Tag Team Championship with Pat Buck at the WrestlePro event in New York . `` The Big Guy '' Ryback did his first UK appearance since leaving WWE for Revolution Pro Wrestling , defeating Gideon Grey and Rishi Ghosh . Ryback appeared at a WrestleCon event on March 30 where he defeated Colt Cabana . On August 5 , 2017 , Ryback defeated `` Swagzilla '' Sean Kustom to win Australia 's Rock & Roll Wrestling 's World Championship 

Answer: answer: Ryback announced his WWE departure and has been taking independent bookings.
answer: ``The Big Guy'' Ryback left WWE and announced via Instagram that he would be taking independent bookings.