BREAKING: WWE Announces Nine Releases

It happens to everyone. There are so many people on the WWE roster that it can be hard to keep track of them all. With the amount of people the company has wrestling for it, you can only find so many things for people to do. That can create a problem as a lot of wrestlers are left sitting on the sidelines. There are ways around that though, and now WWE has dealt with some of them.

Back on April 15, 2020, WWE began a string of releases that ultimately saw dozens of wrestlers and agents released from the company. This opened the door for multiple promotions to be able to bring in fresh talent, many of whom instantly became prominent players for other companies. That was a huge deal, and now we might be in for another similar situation.

WWE has released nine names from their contracts. So far, the company has released Tucker, Samoa Joe, Chelsea Green, Kalisto, Bo Dallas, Wesley Blake, Mickie, Billie Kay and Peyton Royce. This comes after several of the wrestlers appeared during either at WrestleMania or during WrestleMania week shows, including Samoa Joe, who was on the WrestleMania broadcast team for both nights. There is no word on if more releases are coming.

Several of these names have not been active in recent months, with Dallas not wrestling since November 2019 and Tucker only wrestling in a battle royal since November 2020. Green has only wrestled one match on the main roster but was injured during the match and never appeared on television again. Royce and Kay were a regular tag team for a year and a half before being split in 2020. Both would team with various other wrestlers but nothing stuck.

WWE has come to terms on the release of Billie Kay and Mickie James.

We wish Billie and Mickie the best in all of their future endeavors.https://t.co/59Ea2hXLZt

— WWE (@WWE) April 15, 2021

WWE has come to terms on the release of Samoa Joe, Chelsea Green, Tucker, Kalisto, Bo Dallas and Wesley Blake.

We wish them all the best in all of their future endeavors. https://t.co/657qwu8wGc pic.twitter.com/gSSxc2JHFf

— WWE (@WWE) April 15, 2021

WWE has come to terms on the release of Peyton Royce.

We wish her the best in all of her future endeavors.https://t.co/55CLz9UeBB pic.twitter.com/rJQASt4xII

— WWE (@WWE) April 15, 2021

These are some talented people. Check out some of the in the ring:

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Opinion: This is something that you have to know is coming every now and then, along with some of the names absolutely stunning you. Some of the names on here are no surprise whatsoever but Kay was featured on WrestleMania five days ago and Samoa Joe had a pretty solid career as a broadcaster. There are some logical names on here though, and for some of them it was just time.

In addition to being released though, this means that the wrestlers are going to need somewhere else to go. A few of these names are not only going to find work immediately, but some of them are going to be sought after and that could make things interesting. This is a big deal and now we need to see if there are more releases coming, because you never can tell with these things.

Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his- Amazon author page with 30 wrestling books.

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