6 WWE Superstars who found huge success after leaving the company

#3. Drew McIntyre - From getting released to becoming WWE Champion

Drew McIntyre at Survivor Series 2020.

Drew McIntyre is the only Superstar on this list who would find success outside of WWE and return to more of it. Since 2009, it appeared as though Drew McIntyre's destiny was to become a WWE World Champion. Vince McMahon himself had declared it but never realized that it would take 11 years for his prophecy to come true.

Drew McIntyre had fallen out of favor with WWE management and would eventually get released. Never one to feel sorry for himself, he picked up the pieces and returned to the independent scene and found success there and in IMPACT Wrestling, where he became the World Champion.

Surely enough, the opportunity would come to return to WWE again, and he did so in 2017. His run in NXT was brief, winning the NXT title before losing it and suffering an injury. He would be out of action and jump directly to RAW, where he spent the next two years rebuilding himself as a new Drew McIntyre.

His success outside of WWE led to the company calling him back, and it seemed as though this time around, Vince McMahon was determined to make his prophecy come true. In 2020, Drew McIntyre became the face of Monday Night RAW and one of the company's pivotal stars in the COVID-19 era.