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WWE released a number of superstars in 2020 and 2021. In fact, they have trimmed down their roster shockingly – so much so that their main roster women’s roster is back to bare bones.
However, WWE has shown a willingness to hire back some wrestlers that they have released in the past. Last year, Drake Maverick was hired back after a heartbreaking video of him after his release went viral.
Samoa Joe was hired back by WWE just hours after his release as Triple H reached out to him. Zelina Vega was also re-signed recently by the company. There were even reports that WWE tried to hire back Kurt Angle following his release, but Angle refused.
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Given their apparent willingness to change their minds and hire back performers, in this article we will take a look at five superstars that WWE released who they can hire back before the end of the year.
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#6 & #5 Wrestlers WWE could re-sign: Peyton Royce and Billie Kay
WWE have often made baffling decisions that no one can understand, but rarely have they ever made a decision as baffling as releasing The IIconics. Peyton Royce and Billie Kay were a force together in the women’s tag team division. As one of the only natural tag teams, they deserved to be showcased at the top of the division. In fact, together, they stood out as the best of what WWE had to offer.
Even so, it was not enough.
Following rumors that Vince McMahon saw a future in Peyton Royce as a singles star, the two broke up. Peyton Royce went her own way for only a couple of weeks before she started teaming up with other stars, including Lacey Evans. Unfortunately, Evans had to be written off WWE TV as she was pregnant. This left Royce with nothing to do and she was released from the company on April 15.
Billie Kay, on the other hand, made the best of what she was given. She took a silly gimmick of applying to different people with her resume on SmackDown, and got it over with the fans. Despite the obvious success of what she was doing, WWE decided to release her on April 15 at the same time as Royce, gutting the women’s division.
The two stars need to be hired back by the company and add life to their women’s division.
#4 Wrestlers WWE could re-sign: Killian Dain
WWE rarely releases giants from their roster. Instead, Vince McMahon has apparently followed a policy of hiring bigger and more muscled wrestlers to the company once again.
Thus, when Killian Dain was released from the company, it came as a shock to most fans. Dain, while not the tallest, was one of the most talented giants in the company.
His incredible strength and ability to throw his opponents around saw him become one of the most popular stars in NXT. Even after a failed jump up to the main roster with the rest of Sanity, he managed to find his feet when he came back to NXT.
A success from his days in the UK independent wrestling scene, Dain aka Big Damo seemed like he would be a sure-shot success in the company. However, the company released Damo in the latest round of releases.
Dain’s storyline as a tag team with Drake Maverick was also getting over with the fans, which made his release even more puzzling. Hopefully, WWE can correct this issue and hire him back as he has the potential to be one of the most entertaining stars in the company.
#3 Wrestlers WWE could re-sign: Ruby Riott
While WWE fans only see wrestlers for what they do in the ring, the stars have a whole other persona backstage that the audience may not be too familiar with. When Ruby Riott made her jump to the main roster with the rest of the Riott Squad, they didn’t get the booking that they deserved.
Riott was incredible in the ring and left no stone unturned when it came to her performances in the ring. However, what was even more incredible was her presence backstage.
Riott was a beloved star backstage in the company and helped the morale of many of the others. When Xavier Woods got emotional talking about the passing of Brodie Lee backstage, it was Riott who ran after him to console the star.
Ruby Riott was an invaluable star for WWE for both her work in the ring and backstage. Hopefully, the company can hire the star back before too long.
#2 Wrestlers WWE could re-sign: Buddy Murphy
Buddy Murphy is yet another star in WWE whose potential was not recognized in the company. Murphy was one of the highlights for his performances in the Cruiserweight Division. He made the division relevant and even had one of the best runs with the Cruiserweight title.
On the main roster, his main storyline was when he became a part of a faction with Seth Rollins. There, as Rollins’ disciple, he did an excellent job of telling the story that he had to, but was still far away from being displayed as the dominating force that he could be in the ring.
Unfortunately, the moment he broke away from Seth Rollins, Buddy Murphy fell away from the spotlight as well, before he did not appear on television for lengths of time.
Soon, he was released by the company.
Now, he has opened up about how frustrated he was with the way things were done in WWE. However, if WWE signed him back and he went to NXT instead, Buddy Murphy could do the company a lot of good. Under the watchful eye of Triple H, Murphy would be allowed to flourish in a way that he never could on the main roster.
#1 Wrestlers WWE could re-sign: Braun Strowman
Possibly the most flabbergasting WWE decision of all time, Braun Strowman’s WWE release makes no sense.
WWE found themselves the perfect giant wrestler in the form of Strowman. Not only was he freakishly strong, he was also intimidating and scary, something that a lot of other giants lack. Strowman was also athletic in the ring, which meant that his matches were superb as well.
It was also not like WWE had not noticed that. The company pushed the superstar to the moon and back as he dominated every superstar that he came across. For a long time, he was the only star who could destroy Roman Reigns in the way that he did.
Be it the awesome feats of strength WWE showcased for him, or the way that the company booked him, it shocked the WWE Universe to their very core when he was released.
WWE needs to hire Braun Strowman back as he may be one of the best giant wrestlers in the world today. The Monster Among Men has gotten into the best shape of his life, and the company would do themselves a favor if they decided to bring him back into the company in the position that he always deserved.
