10 of the most shocking WWE releases of the past decade

#6 Jack Swagger

Jack Swagger was released from WWE earlier this year

Jack Swagger came to WWE as a former amateur wrestler and had already been wrestling for almost two decades after catching the bug for the business when he was only five years old.

Swagger was a part of WWE for more than a decade and is a former ECW and World Heavyweight Champion as well as a former Mr Money in the Bank. Swagger started to nosedive towards the end of his WWE career, but he still became the first WWE star who was able to switch brands following the 2016 brand split and looked as though he could finally be used appropriately on the SmackDown roster.

There were then reports in March 2017 that Swagger had asked for his WWE release and been granted it. This was later denied by WWE but the company themselves released a statement a few days later stating he had been released from the company. Considering the potential that Swagger once had it was incredible to see that WWE had allowed him to sink so low. Since then, Swagger has been picking up bookings on the Independent Circuit.