5 Former WWE Superstars who have been fired twice

#4. Former WWE Superstar Maria Kanellis

Maria Kanellis originally came to WWE through the annual Diva Search before becoming a backstage interviewer on the Monday Night RAW brand. Maria would also occasionally wrestle on RAW, but it was obvious that she wasn't a main part of the women's division.

After six years with the company, Maria was released from her contract on February 26th, 2010, and she went on to work for both Ring of Honor and Impact Wrestling before turning WWE's head once again.

In 2017, Maria was rehired by the company alongside her real-life husband Mike and the couple was seen as WWE's next IT couple after The Miz and Maryse were moved over to RAW.

Sadly this was something that Mike and Maria were not able to live up to. After Mike fell out of favor with WWE, he was sent over to 205 Live and never recovered.

Both Mike and Maria were released as part of the company's budget cuts in April 2020, just months after the couple welcomed their second child.

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Phillipa is a WWE writer for Sportskeeda. She is also a mother, wrestler, dancer, former actress and a Seth Rollins fan. She is a retired wrestler, dancer, and at one-time enjoyed boxing.

Phillipa has tried her hand at all aspects of the wrestling business in the past including booking, promoting, refereeing, commentating, ring announcing and wrestling.

Throughout her time in Sportskeeda she has become known for picking up botches and sharing them.

Phillipa's favorite wrestler is Seth Rollins, but will allow her head to be turned by any high-flying superstar.

She also once had a dream that Drake Maverick was her father, this is yet to be confirmed by the man himself. Outside of the world of spandex and screwjobs, Phillipa likes to watch football, supports Stoke City and is a huge fan of Judd Trump.

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Edited by Ryan Droste