List of World Wrestling Entertainment alumni

This is a list of professional wrestlers, managers and other workers that were employed in World Wrestling Entertainment from:

• 1952–1963 (as the Capitol Wrestling Corporation)
• 1963–1979 (as the World Wide Wrestling Federation)
• 1979–2002 (as the World Wrestling Federation)
• 2002–present time (as World Wrestling Entertainment)

Early years

Release date	Real Name	Ring Name(s)	Notes	Reference
1960	Maurice Catarcio	The Matador		[source?]
1960	Edward Gossett	Eddie Graham		[source?]
1963	Antonino Rocca	Antonino Rocca		[source?]
1963	Herman C. Rohde, Jr.	"Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers		[source?]
1969	Ed Farhat	The Sheik		[source?]
1970	Edward McDaniel	Wahoo McDaniel		[source?]
1972	Karl Istaz	Karl Gotch		[source?]
1972	Camille Tourville	Tarzan Tyler		[source?]
1974	Fred Blassie	"Classy" Freddie Blassie	Retired from wrestling to focus on being a manager.	[source?]
1974	Miguel Feliciano	Miguel Feliciano		[source?]
1975	James Dudley	James Dudley		[source?]
1976	Kevin Sullivan	Kevin Sullivan		[source?]
1977	Wladek Kowalski	Killer Kowalski		[source?]
1978	Charles Kalani, Jr.	Professor Toru Tanaka		[source?]
1978	George Stipich	Stan "The Man" Stasiak		[source?]
1979	Scott Irwin	Yukon Eric		[source?]
1979	James Parris	Ivan Koloff		[source?]
1979	Vincent J. McMahon	Vincent J. McMahon	Retired as owner of the WWWF and sold it to his son, Vincent K. McMahon.	[source?]
1979	Jimmy Valen	Jimmy Valiant		[source?]

World Wrestling Federation era

1980s

Release date	Real Name	Ring Name(s)	Notes	Reference
1980	Ernie Ladd	"Big Cat" Ernie Ladd		[source?]
1980	Bill White	Wild Bill White		[source?]
1981	Lawrence Whistler	Larry Zbyszko		[source?]
1981	Ed White	Moondog King		[source?]
1982	Eddie Gilbert	"Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert		[source?]
1982	Lanny Kean	Moondog Cujo		[source?]
1982	Paul McWight	Moondog Rover		[source?]
1983	Tatsumi Fujinami	Tatsumi Fujinami		[source?]
1983	Masa Saito	Masa Saito		[source?]
1983	Bill Smithson	Moondog Spike		[source?]
1984	Stan Hansen	Stan Hansen		[source?]
1984	Houston Harris	Bobo Brazil		[source?]
1984	Bruce Woyan	"Bulldog" Buzz Sawyer		[source?]
1984	Mikel Scicluna	"Baron" Mikel Scicluna		[source?]
1984	Ray Stevens	Ray Stevens		[source?]
1985	Mad Maxine	Mad Maxine		[source?]
1985	Dick Murdoch	Dick Murdoch		[source?]
1985	Dewey Robertson	The Missing Link		[source?]
1985	Johnny Rodz	Johnny Rodz		[source?]
1985	Buddy Rose	"Playboy" Buddy Rose		[source?]
1985	Wendy Savinovich	Wendi Richter		[source?]
1985	David Schultz	"Dr. D" David Schultz	Released after incident with reporter John Stossel.	[source?]
1985	Cyndi Lauper	Cyndi Lauper	Left because it became an increasing distraction to her musical ambitions.
1986	Dory Funk, Jr.	Hoss Funk		[source?]
1986	Stan Frazier	Uncle Elmer		[source?]
1987	Takeshi Akabane	Little Tokyo		[source?]
1987	Josef Bednarski	Ivan Putski		[source?]
1987	Randy Colley	Moondog Rex		[source?]
March 31,1987	Lionel Giroux	Little Beaver	Ended career after he suffered a back injury in a match with King Kong Bundy.	[source?]
1987	Raymond Kessler	The Haiti Kid		[source?]
1987	Michael Kirchner	Corporal Kirchner	He failed a drug test and was suspended. Afterwards, Kirchner decided not to return.
1987	Larry Latham	Moondog Spot		[source?]
1987	Pedro Morales	Pedro Morales	He took a job as part of WWF's Spanish announce team before retiring.
1987	Barry Orton	Barry O		[source?]
1987	Debbie Szestecki	Debbie Combs		[source?]
1987	Eric Tovey	Lord Littlebrook		[source?]
1987	Robert Windham	Blackjack Mulligan		[source?]
June 1987	Tom Zenk	Tom Zenk	Contract dispute.	[source?]
July 4, 1987	Keith Franke	Adrian Adonis		[source?]
1988	Sika Anoa'i	Sika		[source?]
1988	Tom Billington	Dynamite Kid		[source?]
1988	Craig Minervini	Craig DeGeorge		[source?]
July 21, 1988	Brian Blair	B. Brian Blair	Left due to unfulfilled promises to win the Tag Team titles never came to fruition.	[source?]
September 22, 1988	Conrad Efraim	S.D. Jones		[source?]
1988	Sam Fatu	Tama, The Tonga Kid		[source?]
1988	William Haynes, Jr.	Billy Jack Haynes		[source?]
1988	John Sutton	Oliver Humperdink		[source?]
1988	Reginald Lisowski	The Crusher		[source?]
1988	Velvet Mykietowich	Velvet McIntyre		[source?]
1988	Paul Orndorff	"Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff		[source?]
1988	Ken Patera	Ken Patera		[source?]
1988	James Raschke	The Baron		[source?]
1988	Sylvester Ritter	Junkyard Dog, JYD		[source?]
1988	Bruno Sammartino	Bruno Sammartino		[source?]
1988	David Sammartino	David Sammartino		[source?]
1988	Patricia Karisma-Schroeder	Leilani Kai		[source?]
1988	Michael Smith	Sam Houston		[source?]
1988	Eldridge Wayne Coleman	"Superstar" Billy Graham		[source?]
1988	Peter Stilsbury	Outback Jack		[source?]
1988	Noriyo Tateno	Noriyo Tateno		[source?]
April 1988	Bruce Reed	"The Natural" Butch Reed		[source?]
August 1988	Don Muraco	Magnificent Don Muraco, Rock Don Muraco		[source?]
1989	Tully Blanchard	Tully Blanchard	Was fired after failing a random drug test.	[source?]
1989	Scott Casey	Scott Casey		[source?]
1989	Jean Gagné	Frenchy Martin		[source?]
1989	Ronald Herd	"Outlaw" Ron Bass		[source?]
1989	Melissa Hiatt	Missy Hyatt		[source?]
1989	John Minton	Big John Studd		[source?]
1989	Masashi Ozawa	Killer Kahn		[source?]
1989	Harley Race	Harley Race		[source?]
1989	Robin Smith	Rockin' Robin		[source?]
1989	Max Taogaga	Siva Afi		[source?]
December 1989	Tom Lister, Jr.	Zeus		[source?]

1990s

Release date	Real Name	Ring Name(s)	Notes	Reference
1990	Roger Barnes	Ronnie Garvin		[source?]
1990	Allen Coage	Bad News Brown	Left due to claims that Vince McMahon failed to live up to promises.	[source?]
1990	Bill Eadie	Ax, Super Machine	Health problems.	[source?]
1990	George Gray	One Man Gang, Akeem		[source?]
1990	Hector Guerrero	Gobbledy Gooker	Gimmick Failed	[source?]
1990	James Janos	Jesse Ventura	Left to pursue other interests.	[source?]
1990	Al Perez	Al Perez		[source?]
1990	Juanita Wright	Sapphire	Storyline ended, was no longer needed	[source?]
1990	Roy Wayne Farris	The Honky Tonk Man	Released after mutual decision. Lawsuit with McMahon followed regarding owning the HTM name/gimmick.	[source?]
1991	Brady Boone	Battle Kat, Brady Boone		[source?]
1991	Nick Busick	Big Bully Busick	Retired from wrestling.	[source?]
1991	Anthony White	Tony Atlas, Saba Simba		[source?]
1991	Paul Centopani	Paul Roma		[source?]
1991	Carly Colón, Sr.	Carlos Colón	Retired from wrestling.	[source?]
1991	Jim Barrell	Boris Zhukov		[source?]
1991	Pete Doherty	The Duke of Dorchester		[source?]
1991	Rick Harris	Black Bart		[source?]
1991	Genichiro Tenryu	Tenryu		[source?]
1991	Koji Kitao	Kitao		[source?]
1991	André Rousimoff	André the Giant, The Giant Machine	Retired because he was too ill to continue wrestling.	[source?]
1991	John Tolos	The Coach		[source?]
1992	Kerry Adkisson	Texas Tornado, Kerry Von Erich	Fired after failing random drug test.	[source?]
1992	Ray Fernandez	Hercules, Hercules Hernandez		[source?]
1992	Elizabeth Hulette	Miss Elizabeth	Left the WWF shortly after her divorce from Randy Savage.	[source?]
1992	Adnan El Kassey	General Adnan, Billy White Wolf		[source?]
1992	Andy Kindler	Jamison		[source?]
1992	Mike McGuirk	Mike McGuirk		[source?]
1992	James Reiher	"Superfly" Jimmy Snuka		[source?]
1992	Terry Szopinski	The Warlord		[source?]
1992	Pat Tanaka	Tanaka		[source?]
1992	John Wisniski, Jr.	Greg "The Hammer" Valentine		[source?]
January 1992	Adolfo Bresciano	Dino Bravo	Retired from wrestling.	[source?]
December 1992	Kevin Wacholz	Nailz	Reportedly released after he attacked Vince McMahon over a dispute over money.	[source?]
1993	Charles Ashenoff	Max Moon	Konnan left the WWF following a disagreement with WWF owner Vince McMahon, believing that he was being discriminated against and resenting McMahon's refusal to give him a guaranteed contract	[source?]
1993	Rob Bartlett	Rob Bartlett		[source?]
1993	Wayne Bloom	Beau Beverly		[source?]
1993	Tom Boric	Paul Diamond, Kato, Max Moon		[source?]
1993	James Brunzell	"Jumpin'" Jim Brunzell		[source?]
1993	Barry Darsow	Smash, Repo Man		[source?]
1993	Mike Enos	Blake Beverly		[source?]
1993	Jorge Gonzáles	Giant Gonzales		[source?]
1993	Jimmy Hart	Jimmy Hart	Left after McMahon wanted him to take a 50% pay cut.	[source?]
1993	Raymond Heenan	Bobby Heenan	Left after McMahon wanted him to take a 50% pay cut.	[source?]
1993	Steve James	Lance Cassidy		[source?]
1993	Ken Johnson	Slick, Reverend Slick	Left to concentrate on preaching in his church.	[source?]
1993	Ed Leslie	Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake	Left to go to WCW.	[source?]
1993	Sean Mooney	Sean Mooney		[source?]
1993	John Nord	The Berzerker, The Viking		[source?]
1993	Matt Osborne	Doink the Clown (#1), Matt Borne		[source?]
1993	Lanny Poffo	The Genius, "Leaping" Lanny Poffo		[source?]
1993	Sherri Russell	"Sensational" Sherri Martel		[source?]
1993	Jerome Saganovich	Jerry Sags	Left with partner for WCW.	[source?]
1993	Merced Solis	Tito Santana, El Matador		[source?]
1993	Phil Theis	Damien Demento		[source?]
1993	Brian Yandrisovitz	Brian Knobbs	Left with partner for WCW.	[source?]
1994	Tony Halme	Ludvig Borga	Retired due to injury	[source?]
1994	Jim Harris	Kamala		[source?]
1994	Bruce Hart	Bruce Hart	Retired	[source?]
1994	Keith Hart	Keith Hart	Retired	[source?]
1994	Heidi Lee Morgan	Heidi Lee Morgan		[source?]
1994	Fred Ottman	Typhoon, Tugboat		[source?]
1994	Robert Rechsteiner	Rick Steiner	Left after Vince did not follow through with his promises.	[source?]
1994	Mike Shaw	Bastion Booger, Friar Ferguson		[source?]
1994	James Ware	Koko B. Ware		[source?]
November 1994	Randy Poffo	"Macho Man" Randy Savage	Left to go to WCW	[source?]
1995	Afa Anoa'i	Afa		[source?]
1995	Samula Anoa'i	Samu	Left due to excessive travel schedule.	[source?]
1995	Lou Albano	"Captain" Lou Albano		[source?]
1995	Scott Bigelow	Bam Bam Bigelow	Left due to problems with the Clique.	[source?]
1995	Jeff Bradley	Charlie Hunter		[source?]
1995	Steve Doll	Steven Dunn		[source?]
1995	Claude Giroux	Dink, Tiger Jackson		[source?]
1995	Alfred Hayes	Lord Alfred Hayes	Left after getting in a car accident which resulted in him contracting gangrene and being confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life.	[source?]
1995	Robert Horne	Mo		[source?]
1995	Mike Jones	Virgil		[source?]
1995	Stan Lane	Stan Lane		[source?]
1995	Ray Liccachelli	Doink the Clown (#2)		[source?]
1995	Dan Marsh	Dan Marsh, Danny Davis		[source?]
1995	Troy Martin	Dean Douglas, Shane Douglas	Quit after backstage problems with The Clique.	[source?]
1995	Debra Miceli	Alundra Blayze	Released after talking to WCW under contract.	[source?]
1995	Chris Pallies	King Kong Bundy	Left after feeling his return was not as successful as his first WWF run.	[source?]
1995	Josip Peruzović	Nikolai Volkoff	Went into semi-retirement.	[source?]
1995	Darryl Peterson	Man Mountain Rock, Maxx Payne		[source?]
1995	James Richland	Jimmy Del Ray		[source?]
1995	Gary Sabaugh	The Italian Stallion		[source?]
1995	Akio Sato	Sato, Shinja		[source?]
1995	Joe Scarpa	Chief Jay Strongbow		[source?]
1995	Dan Spivey	Waylon Mercy, Danny Spivey	Retired after being injured in a match with Kevin Nash.	[source?]
1995	Jack Tunney	Jack Tunney		[source?]
1995	Sione Vailahi	The Barbarian, Sionne		[source?]
1995	Richard Vigneault	"The Model" Rick Martel		[source?]
1995	Bill Watts	Bill Watts	Had many conflicts with Vince McMahon.	[source?]
1995	Timothy A. Smith	Timothy Well		[source?]
September 1, 1995	Lawrence Pfohl	Lex Luger, The Narcissist	Signed with WCW, breaking his promise to Vince McMahon that he would stay.	[source?]
January 1996	William Ansor	Buddy Landel	Left after an injury sustained in a match with Bret Hart.	[source?]
1996	Chris Candido	Skip	Didn't like his gimmick. He quit.	[source?]
1996	Wayne Cowan	Uncle Zebekiah		[source?]
1996	Mike Droese	Duke "The Dumpster" Droese		[source?]
1996	Chad Fortune	Travis		[source?]
1996	Harry Fujiwara	Mr. Fuji	Left due to excessive travel schedule and knee problems.	[source?]
1996	Terry Gordy	Terry "Bam Bam" Gordy, The Executioner		[source?]
1996	Robert Miller	Bushwhacker Butch	Released from contract.	[source?]
1996	Louis Mucciolo	Rad Radford, Louie Spicolli		[source?]
1996	Kensuke Shinzaki	Hakushi		[source?]
1996	The Ultimate Warrior	The Ultimate Warrior	Contract was terminated after several no-shows.	[source?]
1996	Erik Watts	Troy		[source?]
1996	Brian Wickens	Bushwhacker Luke	Released from contract.	[source?]
1997	Tony Anthony	TL Hopper, Uncle Cletus		[source?]
1997	Robert Bedard	Rene Goulet		[source?]
1997	Scott Bednarski	Scott Putski		[source?]
1997	Rick Bogner	Fake Razor Ramon	Gimmick failed.	[source?]
1997	Jamie Crookshanks	J.C. Ice		[source?]
1997	Sid Eudy	Sycho Sid, Sid Justice		[source?]
1997	Roy Wayne Farris	The Honky Tonk Man	Released after mutual agreement with the WWF. Wanted to pursue Indy bookings.	[source?]
1997	Doug Furnas	Doug Furnas		[source?]
1997	James Hines	Bobby Fulton		[source?]
1997	Barry Horowitz	Barry Horowitz		[source?]
1997	Barney Irwin	The Goon		[source?]
1997	Phil Lafleur	Phil Lafon		[source?]
1997	Herman Stevens	Clarence Mason		[source?]
1997	Masanori Murakawa	The Great Sasuke		[source?]
1997	Todd Pettengill	Todd Pettengill		[source?]
1997	Alex Porteau	Alex "The Pug" Porteau		[source?]
1997	Aurelian Smith, Jr.	Jake "The Snake" Roberts	Released after failing drug tests.	[source?]
1997	Richard Rood	"Ravishing" Rick Rude	Left for WCW.	[source?]
1997	* Unknown	The Commandant		[source?]
1997	Khosrow Vaziri	Iron Sheik, Col. Mustafa		[source?]
1997	Kelly Wolfe	Wolfie D		[source?]
January 1997	Guadalupe Robledo	Jose Lothario		[source?]
November 1997	Bret Hart	Bret "The Hitman" Hart	Left after the incident at Survivor Series 1997 known as the Montreal Screwjob.
December 1997	Jim Neidhart	Jim "the Anvil" Neidhart, Who	Left WWF a month after the Montreal Screwjob.	[source?]
1998	Achim Albrecht	Brakkus		[source?]
1998	Rodney Anoa'i	Yokozuna	He was unable to pass a physical required for professional wrestlers and was released.	[source?]
1998	Tom Brandi	Salvatore Sincere, Tom Brandi		[source?]
1998	Joseph Bruce	Violent J		[source?]
1998	Don Callis	The Jackyl		[source?]
1998	Robert Fuller	Tennessee Lee		[source?]
1998	Mike Hallick	Mantaur, Tank		[source?]
1998	Michael Hegstrand	Hawk	Left after a strong dislike to his current storyline.	[source?]
1998	Brian Lee	Chainz, (Evil) Undertaker	Released from contract.	[source?]
1998	Pablo Marquez	Babu		[source?]
1998	Anthony Norris	Ahmed Johnson	Released after his wrestling style had begun to cause injury to his opponents.	[source?]
1998	Takeo Otsuka	Mens Teioh		[source?]
1998	Luc Poirier	Sniper		[source?]
1998	Juan Rivera	Savio Vega, Kwang	Released from contract.	[source?]
1998	Shigeki Sato	Dick Togo		[source?]
1998	Joseph Utsler	Shaggy 2 Dope		[source?]
1998	Wally Yamaguchi	Yamaguchi-San		[source?]
May 1998	Tammy Lynn Sytch	Sunny, Tamara Murphy	Left the WWF for ECW.	[source?]
July 1998	Ricky Morton	Ricky Morton		[source?]
August 1998	Del Wilkes	The Patriot		[source?]
September 1998	Shian-Li Tsang	Mrs. Yamaguchi-San		[source?]
October 1998	Jesus Castillo, Jr.	Jesus Castillo		[source?]
October 1998	Jose Estrada, Jr.	Jose Estrada, Jr.		[source?]
October 1998	Miguel Pérez, Jr.	Miguel Perez		[source?]
October 25, 1998	Leon White	Vader	Left after contract expired.	[source?]
1999	Christopher Daniels	Conquistador Dos		[source?]
1999	Michael Durham	Johnny Grunge		[source?]
1999	Paul Ellering	Paul Ellering	Retired	[source?]
1999	James Myers	George "The Animal" Steele		[source?]
1999	Ted Petty	"Flyboy" Rocco Rock		[source?]
1999	Mike Polchlopek	Bart Gunn, Bodacious Bart		[source?]
1999	Alicia Webb	Ryan Shamrock		[source?]
February 1999	John Tenta	Earthquake, Golga		[source?]
April 1999	Don Harris	Don Harris, Jared Grimm, Jacob Blu, 8-Ball		[source?]
April 1999	Ron Harris	Ron Harris, Jason Grimm, Eli Blu, Skull		[source?]
April 1999	Dan Severn	Dan "The Beast" Severn		[source?]
May 1999	Marcus Merowitz	Marc Mero		[source?]
July 19, 1999	Nicole Bass	Nicole Bass	Left after claiming she was sexually harassed.	[source?]
September 1999	Marianna Komlos	Marianna, Mrs. Cleavage		[source?]
September 1999	Paulo da Silva	Giant Silva		[source?]
October 5, 1999	Vince Russo	Vince Russo	Left after having a falling out with Vince McMahon over the increased workload placed upon him.	[source?]
October 16, 1999	Jeff Jarrett	Jeff Jarrett	Contract expired. Mr. McMahon forgot to renew it.	[source?]
November 1999	Robert Maillet	Kurrgan, The Interrogator		[source?]
November 1999	Ken Shamrock	Ken Shamrock	Left to resume his MMA career.	[source?]

Early 2000s

Release date	Real Name	Ring Name(s)	Notes	Reference
2000	Bob Backlund	Bob Backlund		[source?]
2000	Rebecca Budig	Rebecca Budig		[source?]
2000	Duane Gill	Gillberg		[source?]
2000	Glen Ruth	Thrasher	Retired	[source?]
2000	Jason Traverse	Jason Sensation		[source?]
January 2000	Carl Ouellet	Jean Pierre LaFitte/Pierre		[source?]
January 2000	Jacques Rougeau	The Mountie		[source?]
February 2000	Gertrude Vachon	Luna Vachon	Released from her contract due to allegedly taping the mouth of a producer shut.	[source?]
March 2000	Curtis Hughes	Mr. Hughes		[source?]
May 30, 2000	David Smith	The British Bulldog, Davey Boy Smith	Had prescription drug problems.	[source?]
June 2000	Cathy Dingman	Barbara Bush (B.B.)		[source?]
July 2000	Vic Grimes	Key		[source?]
September 2000	Caryn Mower	Muffy Mower		[source?]
October 2000	Dennis Knight	Mideon, Phineas I. Godwinn, Dennis Knight		[source?]
November 3, 2000	Frostee Moore	Mandy		[source?]
December 2000	Brian Gerard James	Road Dogg, Jesse James, Roadie	Released after showing up for a Raw show in an "unfit work state" due to drug use.	[source?]
December 2000	Cynthia Lynch	Bobcat	Released from her contract.	[source?]
2001	Sara Calaway	Sara	Storyline ended; made brief appearances for WWE later.	[source?]
2001	Jim Dotson	Jim Dotson	Left to pursue other interest.	[source?]
February 27, 2001	Stacy Carter	The Kat, Miss Kitty	Released for behavior problems backstage.
June 2001	Jason Arhndt	Joey Abs	Released from contract. Later retired.	[source?]
June 2001	Peter Gasperino	Pete Gas	Released from contract. Later retired.	[source?]
June 2001	Ron Killings	K-Kwik	Mutually agreed on release due to lack of push.	[source?]
June 2001	Rodney Leinhardt	Rodney	Released from contract. Later retired.	[source?]
July 2001	Joseph Hitchen	Just Joe		[source?]
July 9, 2001	Marcus Bagwell	Buff Bagwell	Released for unprofessional conduct.	[source?]
August 2001	Charles Warrington	Chaz, Mosh, Beaver Cleavage	Released from his contract.	[source?]
September 2001	Terri Poch	Tori	Was asked to train more but refused and was released.	[source?]
September 2001	Jesús Guadalupe Delgado Seldaña	Essa Rios	Rumors say he refused to speak English.	[source?]
September 24, 2001	Brian Adams	Brian Adams, Crush	Left WWF when he was asked to go to a developmental territory.	[source?]
September 24, 2001	Bryan Clark	Bryan Clark, Adam Bomb	Left WWF when he was asked to go to a developmental territory.	[source?]
November 30, 2001	Chyna	Chyna	Laurer sat out her contract after negotiations stalled around May 2001; her WWF contract ended November of that year.	[source?]
2002	Raymond Rougeau	Raymond Rougeau	Left when they stopped producing French programming.	[source?]
2002	Billy Silverman	Billy Silverman	Asked for release due to constant hazing.	[source?]
April 2002	Takao Yoshida	Taka Michinoku	Left to go back to Japan after a serious shoulder injury.	[source?]

World Wrestling Entertainment era

2002–2003

Release date	Real Name	Ring Name(s)	Notes	Reference
2002	Tonga Fifita	Haku, King Tonga, King Haku	Retired	[source?]
2002	Jerry Lynn	Jerry Lynn	Released. Went To TNA.	[source?]
May 7, 2002	Scott Hall	Scott Hall, Razor Ramon	Released for obscene behavior on a plane trip and for drug and alcohol related issues.	[source?]
May 8, 2002	Curt Hennig	Mr. Perfect, Curt Hennig	Released after reportedly becoming intoxicated and getting into a fight with Brock Lesnar on a return flight from the United Kingdom.	[source?]
July 2002	Gurjit Singh	Tiger Ali Singh	Released after a career-ending injury.Then attempted to sue the WWE.	[source?]
August 25, 2002	Sean Waltman	X-Pac, 1-2-3 Kid, The Kid, Syxx	Left WWE in a mutual decision.	[source?]
September 7, 2002	Michael Alfonso	Mike Awesome	Released from contract.	[source?]
September 27, 2002	Sean Stipich	Shawn Stasiak, Meat, Planet Stasiak	Was fired after gimmick failed.	[source?]
October 2002	Steve Blackman	Steve Blackman	Retired due to injury.	[source?]
October 2002	David Fliehr	David Flair	Released from developmental contract.	[source?]
November 24, 2002	Page Falkinburg	Diamond Dallas Page	Left after a neck injury suffered in a match with Hardcore Holly.	[source?]
November 24, 2002	Perry Satullo	Perry Saturn	Retore his ACL in April. Was released before he could return.	[source?]
December 5, 2002	Charles Wright	The Godfather, The Goodfather, Kama Mustafa, Kama, Papa Shango	Retired	[source?]
January 2003	Barry Buchanan	Bull Buchanan, Recon, B-2	Released from contract.	[source?]
January 2003	Scott Levy	Raven, Johnny Polo, Scotty Flamingo	Left after a contract dispute.	[source?]
February 14, 2003	Accie C. Connor	D'Lo Brown	Left to wrestle in Japan.	[source?]
March 2003	Kevin Kelly	Kevin Kelly	Left to pursue other ventures.	[source?]
March 2003	Debra Marshall	Debra	Walked from WWE in 2002 following Stone Cold Steve Austin's departure, WWE did not announce this until 2003.	[source?]
April 2003	Eric Angle	Eric Angle	Released from developmental contract.	[source?]
May 2003	Wayde Bowles	Rocky Johnson	Released as a trainer for Ohio Valley Wrestling.	[source?]
June 2003	Terry Taylor	Terry Taylor, Red Rooster	Released after problems with other employees.	[source?]
July 2003	Terry Bollea	Hulk Hogan, Hollywood Hogan, Mr. America	Contract expired. Left to star in both TV and movies.	[source?]
July 1, 2003	Mike Lockwood	Crash Holly, Crash	Released on suspicion that he was using drugs.	[source?]
December 6, 2003	Nathan Jones	Nathan Jones	Requested release due to heavy travel schedule.	[source?]
December 31, 2003	Kevin Nash	Kevin Nash, Diesel, Vinnie Vegas, Steel, Oz	Left after contract expired.	[source?]

2004–2005

Release date	Real Name	Ring Name(s)	Notes	Reference
February 4, 2004	Zach Gowen	Zach Gowen	Released due to alleged attitude problems.	[source?]
February 9, 2004	Chris Klucsaritis	Chris Kanyon	Kanyon claims that he was released because he is a homosexual.	[source?]
February 12, 2004	Ernest Miller	Ernest "The Cat" Miller	Retired	[source?]
February 12, 2004	Desmond Thompson	Lamont	Was released when Ernest Miller retired	[source?]
March 15, 2004	Bill Goldberg	Goldberg	Contract expired, declined to re-sign.	[source?]
March 15, 2004	Brock Lesnar	Brock Lesnar	Left to pursue career in the National Football League.	[source?]
April 3, 2004	Sean O'Haire	Sean O'Haire	Released after he was involved in an altercation with a female and was charged with assault.	[source?]
April 3, 2004	Terri Runnels	Terri Runnels, Marlena	Released due to budget cuts. She also claims it was time for her to retire.	[source?]
April 15, 2004	Yoshihiro Asai	Ultimo Dragon	Asked for release to go back to Japan.	[source?]
June 2004	Rue DeBona	Rue DeBona	Asked for release.	[source?]
June 2004	Brian Lawler	Grandmaster Sexay, Brian Christopher	Released for allegedly using muscle relaxers.	[source?]
June 2004	Jacqueline Moore	Jacqueline, Ms. Jackie Moore	Released due to budget cuts.	[source?]
June 15, 2004	Chavo Guerrero	Chavo Guerrero Sr., Chavo Classic	Released for no-showing a SmackDown! house show two days earlier.	[source?]
July 17, 2004	Solofa Fatu	Rikishi, The Sultan, Fatu	Released after refusing to lose weight.	[source?]
August 5, 2004	Ryan Sakoda	Sakoda	Budget Cut	[source?]
August 10, 2004	Rena Mero	Sable	Budget Cut	[source?]
August 17 2004	Scott Rechsteiner	Scott Steiner	He & WWE agreed on his release.	[source?]
October 26, 2004	Carmella DeCesare	Carmella DeCesare	Was no longer needed and released.	[source?]
November 1, 2004	Matthew Bloom	A-Train, Albert, Prince Albert	Budget cut; released while he was injured with a torn rotator cuff.	[source?]
November 1, 2004	Monty Sopp	Billy Gunn, Mr. Ass, Billy G, RockaBilly	Left after contract expired.	[source?]
November 2, 2004	Rico Constantino	Rico	Budget Cut; Retired from wrestling.	[source?]
November 3, 2004	Nidia Guenard	Nidia	Budget Cut	[source?]
November 3, 2004	Gail Kim	Gail Kim	Budget Cut	[source?]
November 4, 2004	John Hugger	Johnny Stamboli	Budget Cut	[source?]
November 12, 2004	Linda Miles	Linda Miles, Shaniqua	Released because of attitude problems.	[source?]
December 31, 2004	Dwayne Johnson	The Rock, Rocky Maivia	Retired from wrestling to focus on his movie career.	[source?]
February 2005	Amy Weber	Amy Weber	Left after hazing from Randy Orton.	[source?]
March 2005	Rochelle Loewen	Rochelle Loewen	Left because she felt she was not getting enough exposure.	[source?]
April 11, 2005	Terry Gerin	Rhyno	Released for having a rather public argument with his wife in a hotel foyer, breaking a vase in the process.	[source?]
April 11, 2005	William Moody	Paul Bearer	Contract was terminated.	[source?]
April 12, 2005	Nora Greenwald	Molly Holly, Mighty Molly	Requested release for personal reasons.
April 12, 2005	Aaron Aguilera	Jesús Aguilera, Jesús, Uno	Released from developmental contract.	[source?]
April 18, 2005	Lance Evers	Lance Storm	Asked for his release due to the condition of his back.	[source?]
May 11, 2005	Matt Wiese	Luther Reigns	Was released on good terms with Vince McMahon.	[source?]
June 2005	Lauren Jones	Lauren Jones	Left to star in movies and TV shows, considers coming back.	[source?]
June 30, 2005	Marc Lloyd	Marc Lloyd	One of the first releases in WWE's major budget cuts in late June/July 2005.	[source?]
July 5, 2005	Maven Huffman	Maven	Budget Cut
July 5, 2005	Matt Hyson	Spike Dudley	WWE decided not to renew his contract. Believed to be a cost-cutting measure by WWE.
July 5, 2005	Peter Gruner	Billy Kidman, Kidman	Budget Cut
July 5, 2005	Mark Jindrak	Mark Jindrak	Budget Cut
July 6, 2005	Jackie Gayda	Miss Jackie	Budget Cut
July 6, 2005	Joy Giovanni	Joy Giovanni	Budget Cut
July 6, 2005	Devon Hughes	D-Von Dudley, Reverend D-Von	WWE decided not to renew his contract.
July 6, 2005	Mark LoMonaco	Bubba Ray Dudley, Buh Buh Ray Dudley	WWE decided not to renew his contract.
July 6, 2005	Matt Morgan	Matt Morgan	Budget Cut
July 6, 2005	Dawn Marie Psaltis	Dawn Marie	Budget Cut; she was pregnant at the time.
July 6, 2005	Hiroko Suzuki	Hiroko	Budget Cut
July 6, 2005	Kenzo Suzuki	Kenzo Suzuki	Budget Cut
July 8, 2005	Jim Cornette	Jim Cornette	Released after many backstage confrontations at OVW.
July 18, 2005	Earl Hebner	Earl Hebner	Released for selling WWE merchandise without permission.	[source?]
July 19, 2005	Dave Hebner	Dave Hebner	Released in connection with Earl Hebner incident.	[source?]
July 22, 2005	Lisa Moretti	Ivory	WWE refused to renew her contract.	[source?]
July 25, 2005	Brian Heffron	The Blue Meanie	Short-term contract expired	[source?]
August 13, 2005	Frankie Kazarian	Kaz	Asked for his release after WWE wanted him to cut his hair.	[source?]
September 11, 2005	Daniel Puder	Daniel Puder	Budget Cut; offered a lower salary but refused.	[source?]
September 21, 2005	Mark Copani	Muhammad Hassan	Taken off TV at request of UPN over an angle. Quit shortly thereafter.
October 29, 2005	Brian Hebner	Brian Hebner	Released, shortly after his father Earl Hebner and uncle Dave Hebner, for behavior problems.	[source?]
October 31, 2005	Jason Reso	Christian	Contract expired. Decided to join TNA	[source?]
December 5, 2005	Christy Hemme	Christy Hemme	Budget Cut
December 8, 2005	Yoshihiro Tajiri	Tajiri	Asked for his release so he could go back to Japan.

2006–2007

Release date	Real Name	Ring Name(s)	Notes	Reference
2006	Terry Funk	Terry Funk	Was injured at One Night Stand and advised not to return.	[source?]
January 2006	Elisabeth Rouffaer	Elisabeth Rouffaer	Left WWE because she did not feel like wrestling was the right job for her.	[source?]
January 6, 2006	Eduardo Aníbal González Hernández	Juventud Guerrera, Juventud	Released for poor behavior backstage.	[source?]
January 17, 2006	Jon Heidenreich	Heidenreich	Released by WWE after taking time off for ear infection.	[source?]
February 2006	Thea Vidale	Momma Benjamin	Gimmick had ended, and was no longer needed.	[source?]
February 10, 2006	Tom Matera	Antonio	Was released along with his tag partner Romeo.
February 10, 2006	John Roselli	Romeo	Was released along with his tag partner Antonio.
February 13, 2006	"Cowboy" Bob Orton	"Cowboy" Bob Orton	Was no longer needed.
February 22, 2006	John Toland	James Dick	Released due to alleged backstage incident with his tag team partner.	[source?]
February 22, 2006	Chad Wicks	Chad Dick	Released due to alleged backstage incident with his tag team partner.	[source?]
March 9, 2006	José Alvarado Nieves	Super Porky	Was released with entire Juniors Division.
March 9, 2006	Unknown	Octagoncito	Was released with entire Juniors Division.
March 9, 2006	Unknown	Piratita Morgan	Was released with entire Juniors Division.
March 9, 2006	Unknown	Tsuki	Was released with entire Juniors Division.
March 9, 2006	Mascarita Sagrada	Mascarita Sagrada, Max Mini	Was released with entire Juniors Division.
March 9, 2006	Unknown	Pequeño Violencia	Was released with entire Juniors Division.
March 21, 2006	Matt Anoa'i	Rosey	Mutual decision, both parties thought it was a good idea for him to take time off while he worked on his excessive weight situation.	[source?]
April 4, 2006	Travis Tomko	Tyson Tomko	Asked for release due to lack of role and storylines.	[source?]
April 27, 2006	Brian Mailhot	Palmer Canon	Requested release after alleged hazing by other superstars.
May 26, 2006	Orlando Jordan	Orlando Jordan	He was allegedly released for having an unauthorized person with him on the road and backstage at events.
June 6, 2006	Joseph Laurinaitis	Road Warrior Animal, Animal, The Road Warrior	Released after throwing a temper tantrum backstage because his character ideas were all turned down by management.	[source?]
June 14, 2006	Dustin Rhodes	Goldust, Dustin Runnels	Released because he missed a RAW show while attending to family problems in court without informing WWE officials.	[source?]
June 29, 2006	Joseph Dorgan	Johnny Parisi	Given release after only appearing on Heat.	[source?]
July 2006	Stacy Keibler	Stacy Keibler, Super Stacy	Let contract expire to pursue a modeling career.	[source?]
August 25, 2006	Kurt Angle	Kurt Angle	Granted an early release due to "personal reasons"/On the road a lot because of WWE House shows he was tired out because of the schedule, went to TNA
September 17, 2006	Patricia Stratigias	Trish Stratus	Retired from wrestling.	[source?]
September 27, 2006	David Cash	Kid Kash	Released due to "attitude problems"
September 28, 2006	Peter Polaco	Justin Credible, Aldo Montoya, P.J.Walker	Released after no-showing an ECW taping and for failing to contact WWE management afterwards.	[source?]
September 29, 2006	Marty Jannetty	Marty Jannetty	Fired for no-showing and not contacting the office afterwards.	[source?]
October 12, 2006	Francine Fournier	Francine	Released from her contract.
October 12, 2006	Brent Albright	Gunner Scott	Released from developmental contract
October 26, 2006	Ted DiBiase	"The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase	Budget cut.
November 1, 2006	Dionicio Castellanos	Psicosis	He was released following an arrest for allegedly stealing a car in Mexico.
November 26, 2006	Amy Dumas	Lita	Retired to focus on acting and music career.
December 13, 2006	Amy Zidian	Amy Zidian	Released from her contract because of attitude problems, allegedly with Stephanie McMahon.
December 15, 2006	Dan Morrison	Danny Doring	Released from his contract.
2007	Paul Heyman	Paul Heyman	Removed from his position in ECW on December 4, 2006. Heyman has since quietly left the company.
2007	Todd Romero	Steve Romero	Quietly left the company.	[source?]
2007	Steve Williams	Dr. Death Steve Williams	Released from developmental duties
January 18, 2007	Chris Anderson	C.W. Anderson, Christopher W. Anderson	Budget cut.
January 18, 2007	Doug Basham	Doug Basham	Budget cut.
January 18, 2007	Carlene Begnaud	Jazz	Budget cut.
January 18, 2007	Rodney Begnaud	Rodney Mack	Budget cut.
January 18, 2007	David Heath	Gangrel	Budget cut.
January 18, 2007	Danny Holly	Danny Basham	Budget cut.
January 18, 2007	Mike Shane	Jake Gymini	Budget cut.
January 18, 2007	Todd Shane	Jesse Gymini	Budget cut.
January 18, 2007	Charles John Spencer	Tony Mamaluke	Budget cut.
January 18, 2007	Sylvester Terkay	Sylvester Terkay	Budget cut.
January 19, 2007	Chris Chavis	Tatanka	Budget cut.
January 20, 2007	Bill DeMott	Bill DeMott, Hugh Morrus	Budget cut. Not following expectations of WWE staff.
February 27, 2007	Andrew Martin	Test	Requested release following 30 day suspension. Also believed to have failed a drug test.
March 22, 2007	Rebecca DiPietro	Rebecca	Requested Release.
March 26, 2007	Adam Birch	Joey Mercury	Backstage Problems. Also had drug problems.
May 11, 2007	Rob Conway	Rob Conway	Budget cut
May 11, 2007	Charles Skaggs	Flash Funk, 2 Cold Scorpio	Budget cut
May 15, 2007	Vito LoGrasso	Vito	Budget cut
May 15, 2007	Terry Brunk	Sabu	Backstage problems
May 18, 2007	Shelly Martinez	Ariel	Released from contract after backstage fight with Batista
May 18, 2007	Scott Garland	Scotty 2 Hotty, Scott Taylor	Budget Cut.
May 18, 2007	Nick Mitchell	Mitch	Budget Cut.
May 19, 2007	Mark Canterbury	Henry O. Godwinn, Mark Canterbury	Released from Developmental contract
June 22, 2007	Stephanie Finochio	Trinity	Released from contract, was inactive.
June 30, 2007	Robert Szatkowski	Rob Van Dam	Contract expired; taking sabbatical from wrestling.	[source?]
July 11, 2007	Chris Kay	Chris Kay	Failed a drug test.
July 26, 2007	René Goguen	Rene Dupree	Released due to drug related incident.
August 5, 2007	Eric Bischoff	Eric Bischoff	Contract expired.
August 6, 2007	Aaron Stevens	Idol Stevens	Requested release due to lack of storyline.
August 13, 2007	Sylvain Grenier	Sylvan, Sylvain Grenier	Released due to an argument backstage over his canceled push.
August 22, 2007	Daniel Rodimer	Dan Rodman	Released to pursue a separate career.
August 31, 2007	Mike Bucci	Simon Dean, Hollywood Nova	Released due to his connection to an illegal pharmacy ring.
September 1, 2007	Nick Dinsmore	Eugene	Released after failing to come up with papers concerning his prescription medicine.
September 2, 2007	Jayson Paul	JTG	Released due to altercation at house show with referees.
September 2, 2007	Shad Gaspard	Shad Gaspard	Released due to altercation at house show with referees.
September 11, 2007	Jim Fullington	The Sandman	Requested early release
September 19, 2007	Monty Brown	Marcus Cor Von	Released due to personal reasons
October 13, 2007	Ruben Cain	Robert Gibson	Released for not properly handling a heated confrontation between CM Punk and Tony Atlas.
October 16, 2007	Booker Huffman	Booker T, King Booker	Granted release from contract following 60-Day Suspension; later went to TNA
October 16, 2007	Sharmell Sullivan	Queen Sharmell, Sharmell	Released along with her husband
October 16, 2007	Shawn Daivari	Daivari	Granted release from contract.
October 30, 2007	Kristal Marshall	Kristal	Rejected storyline to be Edge's girlfriend
November 1, 2007	Brooke Adams	Brooke	Released from contract
November 8, 2007	Chris Mordetzky	Chris Masters	Released from contract while serving 60 Day Suspension

2008

Release date	Real Name	Ring Name(s)	Notes	Reference
January 2008	Anastasia Rose	Anastasia	Released from contract.	[source?]
January 23, 2008	Franklin Lashley	Bobby Lashley	Left for reasons beyond his control. He had stated that he did not want to leave the WWE in a recent interview. He is looking into a potential career in mixed martial arts.
February 4, 2008	Michael Depoli	Roadkill, Antoni Porlanski	Fired for selling un-authorized WWE merchandise.
February 27, 2008	Alex Chen	Da Hamma	Suffered from severe brain damage after taking a Five Knuckle Shuffle to the head from John Cena

Died while under contract

Date of Death	Real Name	Ring Name(s)	Notes	Reference
November 22, 1954	Roderick McMahon	Jess McMahon	He promoted until his death.
June 11, 1976	Toots Mondt	Toots Mondt	Died after a long illness.
July 4, 1994	Joey Marella	Joey Marella	Died after he fell asleep at the wheel of his vehicle and crashed.
October 5, 1997	Brian Pillman	Brian Pillman	A previously undetected heart condition led to his death.
May 23, 1999	Owen Hart	Owen Hart, The Blue Blazer	Fell to his death while being lowered to the ring from the catwalk of the Kemper Arena
October 6, 1999	Robert Marella	Gorilla Monsoon	Died of heart failure after being ill. He was given lifetime employment.
November 13, 2005	Eddie Guerrero	Eddie Guerrero	Died of an acute heart failure, caused by undiagnosed arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
June 25, 2007	Chris Benoit	Chris Benoit	Death ruled a double murder-suicide after he killed his wife and child.
November 2 2007	Lillian Ellison	Fabulous Moolah	Cause of death not yet released.