5 current WWE Superstars you may not have known once requested their release

#1. Current WWE Superstar Maryse requested her release in 2011

Maryse recently made her return to WWE TV alongside her husband The Miz. The former Divas Champion is expected to play a huge role in the feud between the A-Lister and Edge.

Maryse has been working for the company on and off over the past few years since the star has also welcomed two daughters.

The former Champion officially returned to WWE for the first time in 2016, after requesting her release in 2011:

"I think it was more mutual. I wanted to leave the company for a while now because I have other projects I want to work on and it was impossible to work on those projects being under contract with the WWE. I had six fantastic years with the WWE. I had a really good run. Two actually, with my two Divas Championships. After six years, I was looking at it and I said, 'I need to keep growing'. That's why I decided to take a break from wrestling and to leave because I wanted to focus on my next project which is House of Maryse."

Maryse went on to work on several projects outside of the company, including starting her own jewelry line called House of Maryse, before returning to WWE five years later.