5 WWE Superstars who were instantly removed from new factions

#4 Sawyer Fulton left SAnitY (WWE NXT, 2016)

Other than The Undisputed Era, not many WWE NXT factions had as much success on the black and gold brand as SAnitY.

The four-person group, consisting of Alexander Wolfe, Eric Young, Killian Dain, and Nikki Cross, worked with almost every top Superstar in WWE NXT between October 2016 and April 2018.

One month after SAnitY debuted, original member Sawyer Fulton suffered a torn pectoral muscle. As a result, he had to miss several months of in-ring action, prompting WWE NXT’s decision-makers to replace him with Dain.

Fulton returned to the ring at WWE NXT live events in May 2017. However, he never competed in a televised WWE match again before receiving his release from the company in November 2017.

Meanwhile, the other male members of SAnitY went on to join the WWE SmackDown roster in April 2018 as part of the post-WrestleMania 34 Superstar Shake-Up.

Unfortunately, things did not exactly go according to plan. The trio only picked up two victories, both on PPV kickoff shows, during their one-year stint on WWE’s main roster.

Fulton has worked in IMPACT Wrestling since March 2019.