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Vince McMahon recently returned to Monday Night Raw to state that he was ushering a new era and that there would be a number of new faces joining both Raw and SmackDown Live in the coming months.
Whilst this is something that the company has needed for a while and there is always room for new faces in WWE, there are many stars who have left a gap in the company, which is now there to be filled.
Retirement from a profession that many stars have worked their entire lives for isn't the easiest thing to do, but over the past year, there have been many current and former WWE stars who have made the decision to hang up their wrestling boots for good.
#4 Summer Rae
Summer Rae came through the ranks in NXT at a time when the Women's Revolution was merely whispered, she was able to work with some of the top stars in WWE at present but shockingly when she was promoted to the main roster, she fell out of favor.
Summer Rae was still contracted to WWE for more than a year before the company opted to release her in October 2017, which allowed her to continue the modeling career that she had started whilst still working for the biggest wrestling promotion in the world.
Rae has since returned to the ring for one independent show which took place back in May, but the former star has assured fans that she is now retired from the ring and is looking to push forward with her blossoming modeling and acting career instead. Many fans will remember that Summer Rae became the first female WWE star to be part of a WWE Studios production a few years ago, when she was cast in The Marine 4: Moving Target.
#3 Paige
Paige was the first ever NXT Women's Champion and ushered in a new era in the Women's Division, which saw her promoted to the main roster in the spring of 2014, where she went on to become the youngest ever Divas Champion on her first night on Raw.
Paige was seen as one of the biggest stars in the Women's Division before she was tied up in personal issues throughout 2016 and 2017. When Paige made her return to the ring in late 2017, she didn't miss a beat and was able to help Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville find their feet on Raw.
It was merely months later that Paige was forced to miss the first ever Women's Royal Rumble match and a few months later she delivered an emotional speech to state that she had been forced to retire from active competition in WWE because of a recurring neck injury.
Paige has since made waves as the General Manager of SmackDown Live, a role that she was recently relieved of.
#2 Gene Snitsky
Gene Snitsky may be a name that hasn't aged well over the years, but he is still a superstar who created his own history in the squared circle. Snitsky was a character that fitted in well with WWE throughout the early 2000s and worked very well as a monster.
Shockingly, he was unable to win a Championship throughout the four years he was on WWE's main roster, which ended when he requested his own release back in 2008. Over the past decade, he has worked for TNA and performed for a number of Independent Companies, but he made the decision back in June to end his career inside the ring.
Snitsky made it public that he had decided to hang up his boots but stated that he was still booked for a handful of shows first and that he would fulfill these commitments first.
#1 Enzo Amore
Enzo Amore was a talented talker, but when his personal life became public knowledge back in January, WWE made the decision to terminate his contract. Amore has since stated that he has no plans to step back into a wrestling ring, despite the fact that many promotions have declared an interest in booking Big Cass and Enzo Amore as their former tag team personas.
Amore has a budding rap career to concentrate on, but despite this, he was spotted at Survivor Series last month where he decided to try and cut a promo at ringside whilst there was a match going on in the ring. Needless to say, he was escorted out of the arena and will probably get banned from entering any future shows.
Ever since his release back in January, Amore hasn't wrestled for any other company and has no future plans to do so.
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