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today we present you with 10 WWE releases where are they now
number 10 Justin Gabriel when PJ black debuted in WWE as Justin Gabriel his
unique offense and incredible 450 splash led many to expect a long successful
career for him as one of the company's most beloved baby faces instead
Gabriel spent a lot of time as a heel teaming with the Nexus in 2010 and the
core in 2011 after being given the gimmick of Adam Rose's buddy black was
released by the company in January 2015 after leaving he appeared on the talked
his jericho podcast where he revealed that the Adam Rose character was
intended for him and competed for gfw as the next gen champion and was a key
player when the promotion invaded Impact Wrestling black was even able to win the
king of the mountain championship defeating opponents including WWE
Superstars Eric Young and Lashley to win the gold but lost the title weeks later
to the glorious Bobby Roode the next year black signed with lucha underground
but worked just a handful of matches unfortunately black was injured in a
BASE jumping accident last year losing one of his fingers and has spent the
majority of 2018 on the sidelines number 9 Rosa Mendes joining the WWE after
coming up short in the 2006 Diva Search Rosa Mendes first appeared as a planted
fan for the glamazon Beth Phoenix teaming with the future hall-of-famer as
well as Santino Marella whilst she never won a championship in WWE Mendes
remained with the company for years and won the OVW Women's Championship during
her time in the developmental promotion Mendes also became an accomplished
manager aligning herself with the likes of the colones and Adam rose she also
became a star of total divas where the hit reality series focused on her
engagement to her partner Bobby shoe Ben ski
well as the birth of their daughter Jordan in May of this year Mendes
returned to the ring after a two-year absence teaming with Rose to pick up the
victory at a show for MCW wrestling despite this big win her return hasn't
generated much interest from other promotions number 8 rich Swann Swann was
once one of the most popular WWE Superstars competing in the
cruiserweight classic defeating Jason Lee and linseed Arado before losing to
eventual winner TJ P in November 2016 swan won the cruiserweight Championship
defeating the Brian Kendrick to become the youngest person to win the purple
and silver title despite this wave of success Swann was suspended late last
year after being arrested for battery and false imprisonment and was released
in February 2018 even though the case was dismissed due to insufficient
evidence Swann has received a lot of backlash from fans since returning to
the indie scene even announced his retirement via Twitter in March this
year although this self-imposed exile lasted just mere weeks since returning
to wrestling Swann joined Impact Wrestling in June defeating trevor lee
in his first match with the company and revealed he had signed a multi-year deal
with the company swan has also be done working with AAA appearing at their
annual Triple mania event in August a fatal four-way match for their mega
championship but was unable to capture the gold number 7 summer Rae when NXT
revamped to being the WWE's 3rd brand in 2012 summer Rae was one of the women's
divisions top stars feuding with current Smackdown live GM Paige and teaming with
sasha banks as the beautiful fierce females but on the main roster Rae was
almost exclusively a manager teaming with Fandango and Tyler breeze only
occasionally wrestling while stirring during career may not have been much Rae
was a major star on total divas and appeared in the marine for as the
villainous sniper Dawes alongside WWE's resident a Lister the Miz when she was
released in 2017 she hadn't appeared on WWE TV it
for a year and although summer has attempted to continue her transition
into acting she hasn't had much success the former Chicago bliss quarterback has
made just one independent appearance when she appeared at battle champion
ship wrestling in May facing former NXT superstar ivelisse in a losing effort
wall stre has seemingly walked away from wrestling she has teased her possible
return at WWE's upcoming all-female pay-per-view evolution saying she'd love
to go after appearing on a poll of former superstars the fans want to
return unfortunately for her the list had been dominated by AJ Lee who has a
commanding lead of 69 percent number six Adam rose when Adam rose was booted from
the company in 2016 it was under bad circumstances in April that year Rose
was suspended for sixty days due to his second violation of the company's
Wellness Policy in a statement the South African said how he was taking
prescribed medication for ADHD and claimed that the company had known about
it for over a year to make matters worse Rose was arrested in May for domestic
assault after an altercation with his wife breaking the company's
zero-tolerance policy the former Leo Kruger did not help his public image
when he joined the independent scene in June wearing a t-shirt featuring his mug
shot on it according to Rose the shirt was not meant to offend and the idea
came from his wife but the item has been taken down from the Pro Wrestling tease
website that same month Rose's domestic violence case was dropped after the pair
sought help for their marital issues of the leader of the exotic Express hasn't
fared well in the Indies in fact Rose said that 2017 would be his final year
in the wrestling business and while he has continued to compete throughout 2018
it's clear to fans that his heart is no longer in it number five
Darren Young the WWE career of Darren Young is long and winding with him
having soaring heights and terrible lows debuting on season one of NXT in 2010
Young the protege of CM Punk with the
straightedge savior trying to share his wisdom to mr. no days off it clearly
worked because by August of that year Young was main eventing SummerSlam
teaming with his fellow NXT brothers as the Nexus in a losing effort to team
Cena after the group disbanded young would team with titus O'Neil as the
prime time players and later feuded with titus before being managed by Bob
Backlund a union that led to a whole heaping of nothing when he was released
by WWE in 2017 he left alongside several stars however
unlike other superstars Young has made just one appearance as part of the
independent circuit appearing for Chikara in March well he may have called
himself mr. no days off in WWE Young hasn't been in a ring for an audience
for over half a year as fans of his continue to want to see what Young does
next number four Melina with the women's revolution in full swing many fans would
expect the WWE to reach out to the former women's and Divas Champion
however the company has seemingly avoided Melina in favor of such talent
such as Mickie James and Trish Stratus while the reason for this snub isn't
clear the former superstar was known to be unpopular backstage and was
reportedly kicked out of the locker room by the usually mellow Lita on one
occasion although she was let go on August 5th 2011 Melina has made a name
for herself on the Indies wrestling in the US and the UK a former queen of
Southside wrestling she captured the MCW Women's Championship in October last
year only dropping the title due to an injury which ended her reign at 350 days
she also made several appearances in lucha underground when she dated former
fellow WWE superstar and impact wrestling world champion john morrison
even though she reportedly retired earlier this year Molina has taken to
Twitter to convince her fans to campaign for her return to the WWE while it would
be a great blast from the past to see her we don't see it happening anytime
soon number three Enzo amore Enzo Amore's
departure from WWE is by far one of the bleakest moments in recent WWE history
joining the company in 2012 the certified G quickly formed a team with
big casts with their antics in NXT proving popular with the WWE Universe
after splitting with the 7-footer Enzo turned heel becoming the top dog of 205
live and captured the cruiserweight championship from Neville at no mercy
2017 fired on the same day of Raw 25 Enzo has seemingly retired from all
professional wrestling ventures and now focuses on his rap career in May 2018
amore released his first track titled Phoenix through WorldStarHipHop with his
second song bury me at G releasing the next month the former WWE star released
both tracks under his new name reel one further proving that he is never
returning to the industry even if he were to come back reports have suggested
real-life heat between himself and his former tag team partner so don't expect
the pair to appear together anytime soon number two Damien Sandow at one point
the intellectual savior of the masses Damien Sandow is popularity soared in
WWE when he became the quote-unquote stunt double of the Miz mimicking the
former WWE champions moves and reactions outside the ring sadly the company
clearly didn't see much else for Sandow and after a brief face turn and feud
with the a-lister he was released amongst several
superstars in 2016 joining the competition
Sandow became Aaron Rex and impact wrestling's first Grand Champion though
the new flamboyant character didn't suit of well staying with impact for a year
Sandow announced his departure in April 2017 and also said he was taking a break
from wrestling to focus on becoming an actor in July 2018 the former Tag Team
Champion took to Twitter to show himself seemingly geared up for his latest role
in the acting industry while we're not quite sure where his career will go next
or what success he will have as an act it's safe to say that he's not wanting
to be anyone's stunt double and is more than ready for his time in the spotlight
number one Ryback the only super star on this list to compete one-on-one for the
WWE Championship Ryback began in WWE with a world of momentum appearing as
skip Sheffield in the Nexus in 2010 returning from an injury as Ryback the
powerhouse decimated superstars in 2012 before going up against CM Punk for the
gold at Hell in a Cell after coming up short in the satanic structure Ryback
would soon turn heel and despite capturing the Intercontinental
Championship in 2015 he would leave the company a year later after a
disagreement over pay after leaving Ryback appeared for a number of Indy
promotions and while many have stopped calling the big guy after he got injured
the Detroit star has had major success as an author recently releasing wake up
it's feeding time the former tuff enuf star also has a
podcast called conversations with the big guy which airs each and every week
interestingly Ryback once claimed that the plan was for him to squash AJ Styles
at WrestleMania 32 but given the phenomenal success of the WWE Champion
we have our doubts well guys that's our list can you tell us where any other
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