3 WWE couples who were released and 5 who were split in 2021

Keith Lee & Mia Yim and Scarlett Bordeaux & Karrion Kross
Keith Lee & Mia Yim and Scarlett Bordeaux & Karrion Kross

#5. WWE Women's Tag Team Champion Nikki A.S.H. and Killian Dain (split)

Nikki A.S.H. joined WWE in April 2016. Her husband, Killian Dain, also signed with the company later that same year. The two superstars became part of SAnitY and teamed up together in several matches.

During the 2018 WWE Superstar Shake-up, SAnitY, excluding Nikki, moved to SmackDown. However, the group's run on the Blue Brand lasted only a few months. In 2019, the faction officially disbanded, and Dain returned to NXT. Last June, WWE announced his release.

Nikki, nevertheless, remains in WWE and has had a lot of success on the main roster since her debut on SmackDown in November 2018. The 32-year-old has won the RAW Women's Championship once and the Women's Tag Team Titles three times. She currently holds the Women's Tag Titles alongside Rhea Ripley.


#4. WWE NXT Cruiserweight Champion Roderick Strong and Marina Shafir (split)

Like Nikki A.S.H, NXT Cruiserweight Champion Roderick Strong joined WWE in 2016. In the following years, he became part of The Undisputed Era and The Diamond Mine. The 38-year-old also won the NXT North American Championship once and the NXT Tag Team Titles multiple times.

In 2018, Strong's wife, Marina Shafir, joined him in NXT. However, she was not as successful as her husband and did not win any championships. Nonetheless, the couple shared the ring twice on NXT live shows.

In March 2019, they joined forces with Kyle O'Reilly to face Matt Riddle, Mia Yim, and Punishment Martinez but lost the match. Nine months later, Strong and Shafir competed against Matt Riddle and Rhea Ripley but again suffered defeat.

While WWE released Shafir from her contract last June, her husband continues to compete on NXT 2.0. He recently defeated Kushida to capture the NXT Cruiserweight Championship.

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