5 WWE Superstars who were fired because of social media 

#4 Abraham Washington was fired by WWE

Abraham Washington is perhaps best remembered as the manager of The Prime Time Players, as he would cut promos and make jokes during their matches. Before Washington was linked to Darren Young and Titus O'Neil, he had been part of WWE's rebrand of ECW, which was cancelled in 2010.

Interestingly, it was originally believed that Washington was released from his WWE contract because of a controversial joke that he made about Kobe Bryant on WWE TV back in 2012.

The star was released 11 days after the episode of RAW aired, but he later claimed that he was released because he referenced Linda McMahon and her presidential campaign on Twitter.

According to Washington, Linda was trying to distance herself from WWE and didn't wish to be mentioned by any of the stars. The star went on a Twitter rant following his release where he directly Tweeted Linda to inform her that she had cost him his job.

He wrote: "Creates jobs my a**!! I'm fired thanks to you and your campaign."

It could have been a combination of the two that caused him to be fired, but Washington was known to have made a number of jokes on Social Media throughout his time with WWE.