5 Wrestlers you didn't think WWE would release

Bray Wyatt was released by WWE
Bray Wyatt was released by WWE

#1. Bray Wyatt - Released by WWE in July 2021

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Bray Wyatt in his final WWE  at WrestleMania 37
Bray Wyatt in his final WWE match at WrestleMania 37

The list of names that WWE has released prove that no superstar is safe from the chopping block. The latest and perhaps biggest name that WWE has released since 2020 was on July 31st, 2021.

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Bray Wyatt ended what was over a decade-long tenure in WWE. He didn't want to be released, but he was informed that it was due to budget cuts. At that point, he had been away from WWE TV for close to four months.

Even still, since December 2020, Bray Wyatt had hardly made any WWE appearances. His final bout in WWE was at WrestleMania 37 where he lost to Randy Orton in an underwhelming match after Alexa Bliss distracted him.

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When Bray Wyatt made a splash in WWE in 2013, many felt that he was going to be a generational talent. The Undertaker comparisons didn't help at all, and neither did the booking decisions that weren't in his favor.

His losses to John Cena in 2014, Randy Orton in 2017 and 2021 and Goldberg in 2020 were only a few of the many moments that could have changed Bray Wyatt's WWE career. Even with the bad booking, he seemed like a "WWE-lifer", but that wasn't the case.

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