10 of the most shocking WWE releases of the past decade

#5 Alberto Del Rio

Alberto Del Rio has been released from WWE on two separate occasions

Alberto Del Rio has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons over the past year, but before he made his return to WWE in 2015, Del Rio was fired from the company back in 2014 for his "unprofessional conduct."

As a former World Champion, this release came from out of nowhere. Since the WWE Universe had just witnessed Del Rio's efforts to win the Money in the Bank contract at the gimmick based event a few months earlier, they were shocked that WWE had decided to part ways with a talent of his calibre.

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It was later reported that Del Rio had struck a member of WWE's backstage staff after they told what was deemed a racist joke and the company decided that this was a sackable offence. Incredibly, Del Rio agreed to return to the company less than a year later and became United States Champion, only to be released from his contract early once again in September 2016.

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Edited by Shruti Sadbhav