WWE has come to terms on the release of Samoa Joe, Billie Kay, Mickie James, Chelsea Green, Tucker, Kalisto, Bo Dallas, Wesley Blake, Mojo Rawley and Peyton Royce as of today April 15, 2021.
We wish them the best in all of her future endeavours.
Samoa Joe signed with WWE in 2015, he quickly became NXT Champion and even became the first-ever 2-time WWE Champion. He made his debut on the main roster in 2017 where he would become a 2-time United States Champion. Since his debut with WWE, Samoa Joe has been very injury prone (jaw, knee, thumb, head…) and his success suffered from that. He recently did an excellent job at the announce table where he was commentating RAW alongside Byron Saxton and Tom Phillips.
Billie Kay also signed in 2015. After some singles debut on NXT, she started an alliance with Peyton Royce, later dubbed The Iconic Duo. They would make their main roster debut on 10 April 2018. At WrestleMania 35, The IIconics won the match after Kay pinned Bayley to win the Women’s Tag Team Championship for the first time. Their duo was dismantled last year and Kay Kay would then begin a storyline on SmackDown where she would offer Superstars to look at her resume only to be rejected by them. Kay teamed up with Carmella for a tag team turmoil match at WrestleMania 37, on Night 1.
Throughout much of Mickie James’ WWE career, there are some who considered her a peppy, energetic sweetheart. But she’s proven to be as dangerous in the ring as any that came before her. Mickie has captured six Women’s Championships, and at one point, became the second Superstar to hold both the Women’s and the Divas Titles simultaneously. She did this all while establishing herself as one of the alpha females of WWE. Though Mickie departed WWE in April 2010, she reemerged in fall 2016 and challenged NXT Champion Asuka at NXT TakeOver: Toronto. She stunned the WWE Universe on January 17, 2017, when it was discovered that she was in fact the mysterious La Luchadora who had been helping SmackDown Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss make Becky Lynch’s life miserable for weeks. Back from injury in August 2020, she unsuccessfully challenged RAW Women’s Champion Asuka. She was last seen wrestling at the Women’s Royal Rumble and was recently announcing NXT Takeover: Stand And Deliver pre-show matches alongside Vic Joseph.
Chelsea Green was signed in 2018 and made her NXT in-ring debut at a live event on October 26, 2018, competing under her familiar “psychotic” gimmick. However, she suffered a broken wrist during her first TV match on March 13, 2019, at NXT TV tapings and underwent surgery the following day on March 14. Green returned to the ring on June 29 at an NXT live event. Green appeared on the December 23, 2019, edition of RAW, competing in a losing effort against Charlotte Flair. Green made her SmackDown debut on the November 13 edition of the show, where she participated in a fatal four-way qualifying match against Liv Morgan, Natalya, and Tamina to earn a spot at Survivor Series as part of the women’s team, which Morgan won. Following the match, it was revealed that Green had broken her wrist again and that the planned finish which saw Green winning had to be changed. She has not wrestled in WWE since.
Tucker signed with WWE in 2013 but started to get noticed in July 2016 when he formed a tag team with Otis Dozovic, calling themselves Heavy Machinery. They made their main roster debut by the end of 2018. After the team was separated during the 2020 Draft, Tucker barely wrestled. Tucker’s last match was the André The Giant memorial battle royal on the WrestleMania edition of SmackDown.
Kalisto also signed in 2013. He started to team up with Sin Cara in NXT, they would even become NXT Tag Team Champions. They made their main roster debut in 2015. The 2-time United States Champion and one-time Cruiserweight Champion. During the 2020 WWE Draft, Kalisto remained on SmackDown while Metalik and Dorado were drafted to RAW, disbanding the Lucha House Party. Kalisto’s only match on SmackDown would be on April 9, 2021, when he competed in the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal.
Bo Dallas made his debut in FCW in 2008. He would join NXT in 2012 and quickly became NXT Champion. He made the main roster “Bo-Lieve” in him in 2014, then formed a stable with Heath Slater, Curtis Axel and Adam Rose, The Social Outcasts. With Curtis Axel, he formed The Miztourage, then the B-Team, and even became RAW Tag Team Champions. After Curtis Axel was released a year ago, Dallas had never put a step back in a WWE ring.
Wesley Blake was signed in 2013 and formed a tag team with Murphy. They even became NXT Tag Team Champions. After a long absence from television, Blake returned on the May 10, 2017, episode of NXT, confronting Drew McIntyre in a backstage segment. He forming a tag team with Steve Cutler at NXT live events as “The Forgotten Sons”. Jaxson Ryker joined them later. They debuted in the main roster last year, portraying themselves as American patriots with Cutler and Ryker highlighting their services in the marines. On the December 4 episode of SmackDown, Blake and Cutler, now known as The Knights of the Lone Wolf, made their return accompanying King Corbin to the ring as they helped him defeat Murphy. However, on February 4, 2021, Cutler was released from his WWE contract.
Peyton Royce’s career in WWE is to associate with Billie Kay’s (see above). After the 2020 WWE Draft, Peyton remained on RAW, while her former tag team partner Billie moved to SmackDown. She would begin to team with Lacey Evans till Evans announced her pregnancy. On the 22 March 2021 episode of RAW, Royce would face RAW Women’s Champion, Asuka in a losing effort.
Mojo Rawley signed in 2012 after a professional football career. He was drafted to the main roster in 2016 but had never been able to make people feel his “Hype.” He wrestled his last match on June 19, 2020.
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