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A lot of unhappy WWE Superstars have asked for their release recently including Luke Harper and reportedly Sasha Banks while others like The Revival have turned down lucrative new contracts.
A number of Superstars in the locker room seem disgruntled with their position on the card and a number of them could ask for their release in the near future.
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#6 Tyler Breeze
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You could argue that Tyler Breeze always had an uphill battle on the main roster. His debut on main was actually great but reports soon emerged of backstage heat on Breeze for apparently leaving a WWE event early. This was soon followed by a losing streak that lasted more than a year.
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Breeze was later paired up with Fandango as the Fashion Police and despite the two of them getting over, WWE never really pushed them. Breeze has been back to making rare appearances since Fandango went out injured.
Tyler Breeze sent out a cryptic Tweet in April talking about his position in WWE:
Eventually you say No Thank you I’m worth more....
It wouldn't surprise us if Tyler Breeze asks for his release soon.
#6 Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson
Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson never really got a chance to get over with the WWE Universe and were a victim of WWE's 50/50 booking. Despite the excitement behind the signing, it seems like WWE never really believed in them. Despite being former tag-team champions, it just hasn't clicked for them.
Gallows and Anderson turned down a new contract in March and will either run down their contracts or could even ask for their release from the WWE soon.
#4 EC3
What has happened to EC3? Why was he even called up if WWE had zero plans for him? And why did they bother to have Dean Ambrose put him over?
It's clear that EC3 doesn't have a big fan in Vince McMahon who probably still sees Derek Bateman when he looks at the former NXT star. EC3 was called up in December as the McMahons hastily called up names from NXT to try and boost sagging ratings. EC3 has been used the least from the Superstars called up and was only used in backstage segments in his first days on the main roster.
WWE recently tried out EC3 with Drake Maverick as his manager in a dark match and Vince McMahon reportedly hated each and every manager spot in the match which could be spelling the end of EC3's chances to be a star on the main roster.
#3 Killian Dain
Another man who can't be happy with his position on the WWE card is Killian Dain. SAniTy was one of the most interesting acts to have come out of NXT but they got zilch on the main roster, rarely appearing on television and mostly staring at the lights when they did.
Dain publicly spoke out about his frustrations with WWE via a tweet in February:
“Last night my tag partners where with Smackdown in Vancouver and my wife with Raw in Regina. Whereas I’m….at home. Was it something I said?”
Things got only worse after this as SAniTy were torn to shreds in the Superstar Shake-Up. Eric Young went to RAW and Alexander Wolfe went to NXT UK while Dain remained on SmackDown.
This is far-flung from the promise Killian Dain has shown during his time in WWE and one wouldn't blame him if he's thinking of leaving the WWE for greener pastures.
#2 Lio Rush
Lio Rush has a ton of backstage heat right now. Recent reports released suggested that he was unhappy with having to carry bags and give water to Superstars backstage on WWE's European tour, something that newer Superstars are expected to do.
Rush also apparently brought people backstage when he wasn't supposed to and when senior members of the roster tried to give him advice, he brushed them away.
Rush also gave an interview to Fightful where he claimed that he was broke thanks to WWE's travel schedule. Mark Henry tore into Rush during an interview with Busted Open Radio:
"If you’re walking around and cannot pay for a rental car, you can’t pay for a hotel with the money that you make every week, then you need to change the way you are spending. You can’t blame that on the office. If you spent everything you made before you got it, that’s your problem.”
#1 Rusev and Lana
Rusev is one man who is really frustrated with WWE. He was on the cusp of becoming the top heel in WWE until he lost to John Cena at WrestleMania and then had his wings cut out from under him, with WWE clearly not ready to go that extra mile and create a new top heel.
Since then, Rusev has been floating in and out of pushes and his engagement to Lana which became public during a storyline along with Dolph Ziggler and Summer Rae garnered them intense heat backstage.
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Even with how popular Rusev Day got last year, WWE didn't pull the trigger on Rusev. Although he eventually won the WWE United States Championship, he dropped it to Shinsuke Nakamura shortly afterward and turned back heel, cutting all the babyface momentum he'd built.
It won't be a surprise if Rusev and Lana are the next WWE Superstars to ask for their release.
Rusev spoke about his frustrations with WWE on Lilian Garcia's podcast:
“I do all these things but nothing changes. I’m trying to catch Vince’s eye. We pitch, we talk and it never comes to anything.”
