10 of the most shocking WWE releases of the past decade

#2 Daniel Bryan

Daniel Bryan was shockingly released from the company back in 2010

Daniel Bryan is now the General Manager of SmackDown Live and a former WWE World Heavyweight Champion, but his wrestling career could have been very different back in 2010 when one huge mistake cost him his job.

Bryan was part of one of the biggest angles of the year when The Nexus made their debut on Raw and attacked John Cena and CM Punk, the seven stars were obviously told to create as much mayhem as possible and Bryan took it way too far when he decided to choke ring announcer Justin Roberts with his own tie, something that was not considered acceptable on a PG show.

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Bryan was released from his WWE contract back in June 2010 and The Nexus continued to wreak havoc without him until he returned at SummerSlam a few months later after learning his lesson and going on to become one of the biggest stars of the past decade.

About the author

Phillipa is a WWE writer for Sportskeeda. She is also a mother, wrestler, dancer, former actress and a Seth Rollins fan. She is a retired wrestler, dancer, and at one-time enjoyed boxing.

Phillipa has tried her hand at all aspects of the wrestling business in the past including booking, promoting, refereeing, commentating, ring announcing and wrestling.

Throughout her time in Sportskeeda she has become known for picking up botches and sharing them.

Phillipa's favorite wrestler is Seth Rollins, but will allow her head to be turned by any high-flying superstar.

She also once had a dream that Drake Maverick was her father, this is yet to be confirmed by the man himself. Outside of the world of spandex and screwjobs, Phillipa likes to watch football, supports Stoke City and is a huge fan of Judd Trump.

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Edited by Shruti Sadbhav