WWE Blood Letting Bleeds Into September 2020 With Wave 9 Seeing Raw Lose 3 Superstars Including A HUGE Name! WWE Exits Reach 67 Since December 2019!
Brock Lesnar’s contract has expired.
Authors of Pain (AOP) Rezar and Akam have been released.
For 2020, so far, there have been several waves of WWE exits. Only a handful of the below have returned to the company.
- Wave one included 16 WWE superstars.
- Wave two saw that number grow to 22.
- Wave three grew to 25 releases.
- Wave four added 12 more WWE departures.
- Wave five saw 7 more departures.
- Wave six saw 6 more departures.
- Wave seven also had 6 exits.
- Wave eight had 3 more departures.
- Wave nine saw 3 more farewells. (Per the above.)
It’s been quite a bloodletting this year for WWE.
Despite being an essential service, a decision that appears to some to be a political quid pro quo, which a WWE expects these departures, a mix of releases and furloughs, will save WWE $48 million annually. The number of head office staff released or furloughed is unknown at this time.
In addition, Vince McMahon’s XFL reboot has filed for bankruptcy; WWE had a small stake in that venture. The XFL is now owned by the Dwayne Johnson “The Rock” and partners.
