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WWE is the biggest wrestling company in the world and has been for a very long time.
It is the primary source of wrestling content across the globe, reaching millions of people daily. The exposure of WWE and the wrestlers excites and inspires future generations of Superstars.
The fame, the fortune, the bright lights, and the big stage makes WWE the number one and dream destination for many aspiring wrestlers. However, getting into WWE is only half the battle. There are many challenges to face and obstacles to overcome thought the career of a WWE Superstar.
When a contract and business relationship comes to an end, it is only natural that one side may feel slighted by the other.
In a business full of over-the-top and larger-than-life characters and egos that would make the Louis the Fourteenth blush, not every wrestler gets the “fairytale” ending.
Many former WWE Superstars have left on bad terms, so it is somewhat of a rarity when performers get to retire how and when they want to and leave the company on good terms.
In this article, we will look at five WWE Superstars who left the company on good terms.
#5 Kairi Sane left WWE on good terms
Kairi Sane is the most recent WWE Superstar to leave the company on good terms. Sane left WWE in July after spending three years on NXT, RAW, and SmackDown.
Kairi Sane joined WWE in 2017 with much fanfare and quickly became a fan favorite. She made her first WWE appearance at the first Mae Young Classic and went on to win the tournament, defeating Shayna Baszler in the finals.
During her time in WWE, Sane won the NXT Women’s Championship and the Women’s Tag Team Championships with Asuka as the Kabuki Warriors.
It was her relationship with Asuka that defined much of Sane’s main roster tenure, and it was angle involving Asuka, Bayley, and Sasha Banks that would be her last.
Kaire made her last appearances at the July 20, RAW tapings. She would defeat Bayley in her final match for the company. However, the last time we saw her on WWE programming, she was beaten backstage by Bayley that would cost Asuka the RAW Women’s Championship.
Rumors were going back to 2019 that Sane would be leaving WWE once her contract expired. Kairi returned to Japan in February earlier this year to get married, and the writing was on the wall.
Sane recently posted a tweet to update everyone about her new role with WWE.
The original message in Japanese translates to;
This is Kairi Sane from WWE. I will report on future activities. In addition to continuing to belong as a player, I have been given the role of a new WWE promotion supporter in Japan, and will resume activities based in Japan. Thank you for your continued support.
It is great to see Kairi Sane representing WWE in Japan.
#4 Trish Stratus left WWE on good terms
Trish Stratus had a phenomenal run and did what only a few WWE Superstars get to do, and that is to retire on her terms.
Trish formally retired from in-ring action in 2007. Her final match saw her defeat fellow legend Lita to win the WWE Women's Championship for the record-breaking seventh time in her hometown of Ontario, Canada.
Stratus is a history-making WWE Superstar. She is a seven-time WWE Women's Champion and 2013 Hall of Fame Inductee.
Trish Stratus would continue to make special appearances such for WWE; she was as a trainer on the 2011 season of WWE Tough Enough. Along with other legends of the women's division, she appeared in the first-ever Women's Royal Rumble match. Stratus teamed up with her best friend, Lita at the all-female event Evolution in 2018 to take on Mickie James and Alicia Fox.
Trish would return a year later for a passing of the torch feud with Charlotte Flair. They would have a fantastic match at last year's SummerSlam.
#3 The Bella Twins left WWE on good terms
Love them or hate them, you cannot deny the impact The Bella Twins have had in WWE. Nikki Bella was the longest reigning WWE Divas Champion, holding the title for 301 days. Brie Bella is also a former Diva Champion.
The twins played a significant part in WWE's women's division for ten years. They transcended the business and were the main focus of Total Divas, which became so popular they got their own spin-off show, Total Bellas.
Last year on their show Total Bellas, they both announced their retirement from active competition. Most recently, they both welcomed children into the world only one day apart.
Before they had their children, there were plans to bring them back to feud with The IIconics and defeat them for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championships on the SmackDown after WrestleMania 35.
The twins would address the plans on the Bellas Podcast and why they had to be canceled :
So Brie and I, we were gonna come back and fight for the tag titles after WrestleMania and we were gonna go against The IIconics for a few months — it was gonna be a lot of fun, really excited and you know, deep down inside, I kept having this weird feeling that I needed to get an X-ray on my neck, because for a while I wasn’t feeling okay. Brie knows, that in December, after Evolution, I just kept telling her, “Brie, I feel off.” Like, my head doesn’t feel right and I just kept feeling off and I even told her, “Do you think I’m just super unhealthy?” But I live a very healthy lifestyle but I couldn’t figure it out.
Nikki has had problems with her neck in the past and had to have surgery in 2016. She returned later that year after ten months of recovery time. Nikki would continue to compete until 2018 before her neck troubles resurfaced and she was forced to retire.
They are still WWE ambassadors and were due to be inducted into the 2020 Hall of Fame.
#2 Chris Jericho left WWE on good terms
It may not seem it now, but before things got heated between WWE and AEW, Chris Jericho departed Vince McMahon's employment in 2018 on very good terms.
Jericho has left WWE on several occasions before, and each time, he left on good terms.
He first left in mid-2005 after suffering burnout and would return in late 2007. In 2010, Jericho would leave once again to concentrate on his rock band Fozzy. He returned in late 2011 and remained in WWE until 2018.
Jericho made a surprise appearance at NJPW in late 2017. He challenged Kenny Omega to a match at Wrestle Kingdom 12 in January 2018.
Jericho's last appearance for WWE would be at the Greatest Royal Rumble in Saudi Arabia. But he was still open to working with the company and even during his IWGP Intercontinental Championship run, he asked Vince about doing a title vs. title match between NJPW and WWE.
On his Aug 16, 2018, Talk is Jericho podcast Jericho would say:
"I placed a call to a certain head of a certain wrestling company, let's just leave it at that. I said, 'I've got something for ya. It's boffo box office. It's big time. I said 'what do you think about first-time-ever Intercontinental Champion vs Intercontinental Champion, Jericho vs Rollins.' What's the finish? Doesn't matter."
Obviously, that never happened, and even when Jericho was about to sign to AEW, he let Vince know about it.
"I'm not in AEW because I was a rebel. I'm with AEW because Vince went, 'go.' And then, when I went, he went, 'did you sign the contract?' I said, 'well, yeah.' He said, 'can you get out of it?' 'No! You told me to sign it!' But [Vince] had the opportunity to stop it like he did with [Scott Hall], which is very interesting to me because 23 years later, he made the same [mistake]. I love Vince.”
Despite Jericho signing with a new, rival company, there doesn't seem to be any hard feelings from Vince McMahon about him doing so.
#1 The Rock left WWE on good terms
"The Great One" left WWE to become a movie star and you would have to be living under a rock (see what I did there?) to be unaware of his Hollywood mega-stardom.
The Rock was first bitten by the acting bug in 2001 when he got a role in The Mummy Returns. He would reprise the role a year later in his first leading role in The Scorpion King.
WWE loved having one of their Superstars, mixing it up with the Hollywood elite. But over the next three years, he would be seen less and less on WWE television, and in 2004, he would leave the company. He would return for sporadic appearances, and his feud with John Cena saw them headline WrestleMania two years in a row.
The Rock is not only one of the biggest action movie stars in history but also one of the hard-working actors in the business today. Since his first role in 2001, he has been in nearly 50 movies, 20 of which he has been the leading role.
The Rock remains one of the most popular WWE Superstars in history and has returned to the company for many guest spots and appearances. This year, he even became co-owner of the XFL, proving that the relationship between him and Vince is still as good as ever.
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