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The last few days have been a rollercoaster ride for the WWE Universe. After a mostly successful WrestleMania week that also saw the return of live crowds, the spirit among the fans was very high. However, the day of April 15, 2021, brought back some terrible memories from last year.
Exactly one year after releasing over 20 WWE Superstars at the beginning of the pandemic, WWE again released a total of 10 superstars. While there were some expected names, there were also some massive surprises that caught fans off guard. The superstars released by WWE are Samoa Joe, Billie Kay, Peyton Royce, Mickie James, Bo Dallas, Chelsea Green, Tucker, Kalisto, Mojo Rawley, and Wesley Blake. The question is whether we will ever see any of these superstars back in WWE?
Let's take a look at three recently released superstars who could return to WWE soon and two others who probably won't return. Comment down and let us know your thoughts on the same.
#3 Might return to WWE soon: Mickie James
Mickie James is one of the legends of the women's roster of WWE. A former Divas champion and five-time women's champion, James has had a very successful career with the company.
Mickie James was first released from WWE in 2010 and went on to wrestle on the independent circuit and TNA/IMPACT Wrestling. She returned to WWE in 2016 and competed against then NXT Women's Champion Asuka. She then started an alliance with Alexa Bliss on the main roster. Her last appearance for WWE before getting released this week came in the 2021 women's Royal Rumble match which she entered at No. 19.
Following her release, there are a lot of speculations on where James could go next. While IMPACT Wrestling and AEW are some possible options, it is also possible that James signs with NWA, where her husband Nick Aldis is signed to.
No matter where she goes next, it's highly possible that Mickie James will return to WWE again. She has contributed a lot to the company's women's division and would likely return and get inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in the coming years.
#2 Probably won't return to WWE: Samoa Joe
Arguably the biggest and most shocking release from WWE this week was Samoa Joe. After making a name for himself in several promotions including TNA/IMPACT Wrestling, Joe signed with WWE in 2015 and joined NXT. He had an impressive showing on NXT, becoming the first-ever superstar to win the NXT Championship twice. He also won the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament with Finn Balor.
Samoa Joe made his main roster debut on an episode of RAW in 2017. Even though he had some massive matches on the main roster, WWE never pushed him all the way to a world title victory. During his time on the main roster, Samoa Joe won the WWE United States Championship twice.
However, Joe was transitioned into the role of a commentator for RAW and pay-per-views due to his injuries. It was been reported that WWE didn't clear him to wrestle. After his release this week, fans are excited to see where does The Samoan Submission Machine head next. All Elite Wrestling remains to be a popular choice among fans along with NJPW.
At the age of 42, it is unlikely that Joe will return to WWE again for another run, especially if he joins AEW in the coming months. Do you think WWE could have booked Samoa Joe a lot better?
#2 Might return to WWE soon: Bo Dallas
Bo Dallas didn't have a very dominant run on the main roster of WWE. So much so that many even forgot that he was once the NXT Champion, holding the title for over 250 days. His "Bolieve" gimmick didn't really help and even though the B-Team, with Curtis Axel, was a fun idea, it wasn't effective enough.
Ahead of his WWE release this week, he hadn't wrestled for over a year. There were a lot of speculations of Bo Dallas getting involved in the storyline between Alexa Bliss and "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt. Many fans even claimed that at WrestleMania 37, it was Dallas who was in the get-up of The Fiend and not Wyatt. For those who might not know, Bo Dallas is the real-life brother of WWE superstar Bray Wyatt, but WWE has avoided mentioning the same on TV.
Bo Dallas is just 30 years old right now and has a long career left unless he stops wrestling. With some major family ties to WWE, it is always possible that he could return with a new gimmick in the future. Would you like to see him return and team up with Bray Wyatt?
#1 Probably won't return to WWE: Tucker
It often happens that when WWE breaks a tag team, one of the members emerges as the chosen one, while the other slowly fades away. Unfortunately, the same was the case with recently released WWE Superstar, Tucker (aka Tucker Knight).
After a few individual appearances on NXT, Tucker formed a tag team with Otis, named Heavy Machinery. The tag team gained popularity and even challenged for the NXT tag team titles, but didn't win them. The two then made their main roster debut in January 2019. Heavy Machinery competed for the SmackDown Tag Team Championships on multiple occasions but never won them.
In 2020, WWE started pushing Tucker's partner Otis in singles competition, with the latter even winning the 2020 Money in the Bank match. At Hell in a Cell 2020, Tucker turned on Otis, costing him his Money in the Bank contract to The Miz. However, there was no proper pay-off to the angle and Tucker just disappeared from WWE TV.
Following his release earlier this week, Tucker's tweets made it clear that he wasn't very happy with WWE. He even took a massive shot at WWE Chairman Vince McMahon, calling him an old man in charge. It's unlikely that he will return to WWE or the company would be interested in signing him again.
#1 Might return to WWE soon: Billie Kay
2020 was a year where WWE broke up several tag teams and factions. One such team from the women's division was The IIconics, Peyton Royce and Billie Kay. The former WWE Women's Tag Team Champions, IIconics was one of the few proper tag teams in the women's division and fans were surprised at the decision to randomly split them.
The initial speculation was that this split would result in Peyton Royce getting a singles push, but that didn't really happen. Fans were concerned about what would this mean for Billie Kay who seemingly had no storyline. However, she moved to SmackDown in the 2020 WWE Draft and debuted a new gimmick, handing out her resume to other superstars.
This resulted in some hilarious and memorable backstage segments. Kay's last WWE appearance came at WrestleMania 37 where she teamed up with Carmella in the women's Tag Team Turmoil match. Her release came as a massive shock and the WWE Universe sounded off their anger on social media.
Last year, we saw Drake Maverick get released and then brought back due to massive fan support. Looking at the massive support from the WWE Universe for Billie Kay, could something similar happen with her? In any case, Kay will surely reach bigger heights wherever she ends up before possibly returning to WWE as a bigger star.
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