WWE News: Misused Superstar becomes latest to be released by WWE

What's the story?

When he returned to WWE's main roster, ECW legend Rhyno had a semi-successful run in a tag-team with Heath Slater, even becoming the inaugural SmackDown Live Tag-Team Champions.

But since then Rhyno has barely been a fixture on WWE television. Now it seems he won't ever be a fixture on television again as he appears to have left the company.

In case you didn't know...

Rhyno was last seen competing in the Andre the Giant Battle Royal at WrestleMania 35, but before that his last match on Monday Night RAW was on December, 28th 2018 with Heath Slater in a Three Two Handicap match against Jinder Mahal and the Singh Brothers.

Rhyno's career in WWE definitely seemed to be winding down with the Superstar himself revealing in recent interviews that his contract expired in July and that there wasn't a new deal in place for him to stay.

The heart of the matter

It seems that not only could a new deal be reached between WWE and Rhyno, but that the WWE may have granted the Superstar an early release from their contract because he has since been quietly removed from the 'Current Superstars' section of the WWE Website.

Rather interestingly, however, he has not been added to the Alumni section, Although this may not happen until July, when his contract is supposed to run out.

Rhyno joins Hideo Itami and Tye Dillinger as a list of names to be granted their release by WWE in recent months (although Rhyno is, as yet, unconfirmed). It has also been reported that the Revival, Sasha Banks and others have also requested their release.

What's next?

Rhyno may not have been at the forefront of Monday Night RAW over the last few months but I always liked him and Slater as a tag-team and wished WWE would give them something more substantial to do.

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