wwe releases . Why is WWE releasing so many superstars 2021?

2021 was the most volatile year in terms of WWE releases. The promotion released more than 100 wrestlers and employees combined during the year as they restructured the organization and their roster.

Here is the complete list of recent WWE releases in 2021 & 2022, including its superstar wrestlers, producers, referees, presenters, and other employees.

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The first mass WWE release of 2022 came on January 5, 2022. The company sent out a statement that these releases are the result of the evolution of NXT 2.0.

“Road Dogg” Brian James
Timothy Thatcher(Wrestler/Coach)
Danny Burch(Wrestler/Coach)
Hideki Suzuki/Hachiman(Wrestler/Coach)
Cathy Corino(coach)
Sarah Cummins(Senior Vice President of Consumer Products)
William Regal(Director of Talent Development and Head of Global Recruiting)
Dave Kapoor(Senior Vice President of Creative)
Ryan Katz(NXT Creative Producer)
Scott Armstrong(Backstage Producer)
George Carroll(Creative Writer)
Christopher Guy/Ace Steel(Performance Center Coach)

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You can see the full list of known releases below, and stay tuned as we’ll be updating this story throughout the year in the event that more names are announced.

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While Vince McMahon has refrained from discussing why there have been so many job cuts, WWE president Nick Khan gave his side of things in an interview with Ariel Helwani during SummerSlam weekend last August.

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“I don’t know that there’s one explanation for it,” Khan said. “I think ultimately what’s looked at is, is this person — for us — going to move the needle now, or in the imminent future. So, by the way, we had a tryout, a two-day tryout in Las Vegas which ended yesterday.

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Which Triple H, and Johnny Laurinaitis, and Bruce Prichard were all across, as were the rest of us. We’ve signed over a dozen new talent coming out of that tryout. And I’m not suggesting, “Oh that’s why we cut the other talent.” But we’re always looking for what’s next. We live in the present, we live in the future. We don’t live in the past. So when people leave, and they move on with their life and their careers? That’s good by us. For us, it’s what works for us and our product at that moment in time, and again, what’s gonna work down the road. And largely in part the existing roster is based on that.”

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In 2022, there is still an exodus from WWE as far as wrestlers in backstage talent go–after seeing over 80 wrestlers get released last year. So far, there haven’t been as many releases as we’ve seen in previous months, but that’s also because wrestlers are leaving the company on their own accord, and WWE is granting those releases as well.

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The latest wrestler to quit the WWE is none other than Cesaro, which PWInsider reported on February 24. The King of Swing had been working with WWE for 11 years, but he’s not the most tenured on-screen presence to leave the company. Spanish announced Carlos Cabrera was fired one week prior. He has been on WWE television since 1993.

Overall, WWE has been releasing plenty of on-air talent, from wrestlers, to referees, to general managers. These releases have been especially devastating for NXT, seeing the releases of both William Regal and Jesse James. Throughout the year, we’ll keep you updated with wrestler releases as they happen. We’ll also keep you updated on wrestlers who are granted their releases.

As of this writing, this list is at 11. Typically, we’re only including in-ring talent releases for this list, so backstage employees, producers, writers, and coaches won’t be added, unless they were used as wrestlers or were extremely notable.