10 Superstars who were blacklisted by WWE

CM Punk

Punk had a turbulent relationship with the WWE top brass

On an episode of his good friend Colt Cabana's podcast in November 2014, Punk broke his silence regarding his exit from WWE. In a detailed interview, Punk said that he was suspended for two months after walking out on the company in January.

After the suspension ended, nobody from WWE contacted him according to him. He told that when finally reached out to them for unpaid royalties, he was given a run-around by the company executives until he was handed his termination paper and was fired by WWE on his wedding day in June 2014.

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The manner of firing was the last straw for Punk, stating that he would never return to WWE and that following a legal settlement with WWE, there would be no further working relationship between them.

Punk cited his health as the main reason he left WWE, describing that in his final months in the company, he had been working through an untreated and potentially fatal MRSA infection, broken ribs, injured knees, and multiple concussions including one at the Royal Rumble. Punk felt that WWE was pressuring and rushing him to wrestle before he had fully recovered.

According to him, he found a lump on his back in November 2013 and it was diagnosed as a fatty deposit by Dr. Chris Amann, who refused to remove it out despite Punk's requests. Several weeks after Punk left WWE, his wife (then girlfriend) AJ Lee convinced him to get the infection checked by her doctor, who diagnosed it as a full-blown staph infection.

Madusa

Madusa trashed her Women’s Championship in WCW

In December 1995. the WWE decided to release the wrestler formerly known as Alundra Blayze for the financial troubles the company was incurring. To make matters worse, Blayze was still the WWE Women’s Champion at the time of her release.

For reasons unknown, the WWE didn’t take back her title so she still had it with her while negotiating with the WCW. Eric Bischoff had a brainwave of her appearing on live WCW television with the belt and have her dump the belt in a trash can on an episode of Monday Nitro.

According to Madusa, she wasn’t keen into trashing the championship but gave way into Bischoff’s coercing. Following that she was stripped of her title and was blacklisted by the WWE for a period of 20 years. It was later revoked and she was inducted into WWE Hall of Fame earlier this year.

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