5 WWE Superstars who were released for non-wrestling reasons

#4 NXT Superstar - Sage Beckett

WWE NXT Superstar Sage Beckett shared the ring with famous names like Bianca Belair. She faced the former SmackDown Women's Champion at the Mae Young Classic event in 2017, albeit coming up short.

On International Women's Day, March 8, 2018, Beckett was fired due to fitness issues. She had already lost 130 pounds, but WWE wanted her to lose more weight as she was not considered 'marketable.'

After being fired, Beckett replied to a tweet by former WWE Superstar Maria Kanellis, who was also let go due to similar reasons:

#3 WWE Superstar - Eugene

Eugene, aka Nicholas David Dinsmore, has been one of the most entertaining superstars since his WWE debut in 2004. His childlike antics in the kayfabe character entertained the WWE Universe very uniquely.

The former World Tag Team Champion, in his first run since 2004 to 2007, had some memorable feuds against Triple H and Kurt Angle.

Eugene had a brief second run in 2009 in which he never made a televised appearance. He was fired for not being up to the standards set by WWE. In an interview at the beginning of 2021 on Talk Is Jericho, he said:

"I came back and apparently they’d seen me two months earlier. I must’ve gotten heat. Either I’d got so much into bad shape or the mind was turned. But they were like, ‘We’re not selling fat, old Eugene, you’re fired," Eugene recalled.

Despite being fired, the former WWE superstar holds no grudges against Vince McMahon's promotion.