WWE Releases Dakota Kai, Braun Strowman, Shayna Baszler, Kayden Carter, & Katana Chance [Update x7 – Cora Jade, Gigi Dolin, Eddy Thorpe, Jakara Jackson, Riley Osborne, Gallus, Oro Mensah, Javier Bernal Also Released]

May 2, 2025

Update #7:

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that his sources provided another update stating that NXT and WWE EVOLVE talent Javier Bernal was also released by WWE as part of the newest batch of roster cuts.

Update #6:

Fightful’s Jeremy Lambert reported that NXT and WWE EVOLVE talent Oro Mensah was also released by WWE today.

Mensah confirmed his departure on Twitter.

15 years hard work and true sacrifice to make it to WWE. Always gave it my 110% and put my whole passion and body into the artform of pro-wrestling. Thank you for all the support! love y‘all ✌🏾 pic.twitter.com/tlTgRdLceL
— Oro Mensah (@OroMensah_wwe) May 3, 2025

Update #5:

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that his sources provided another update stating that NXT and WWE Evolve talents Gallus (Wolfgang & Mark & Joe Coffey) were also among those released from WWE today.

Update #4:

Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp and PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that their sources confirmed that NXT and WWE EVOLVE talent Riley Osborne was also released from WWE today.

Update #3:

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that his sources provided another update stating that NXT talent Jakara Jackson was also among those released by WWE today.

This past Tuesday’s WWE NXT show had featured Jackson and Lash Legend splitting up as a tag team and their Meta-Four group also ending after them, Noam Dar, and Oro Mensah all agreed to go their separate ways.

Update #2:

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that his sources provided an update stating that NXT talents Gigi Dolin and Eddy Thorpe were also among those released by WWE today.

Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp reported that NXT and WWE EVOLVE talent Riley Osborne is also currently believed to have been released.

Update:

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that NXT brand talent Cora Jade was also among the talents released by WWE as part of tonight’s on-going wave of roster cuts.

Prior to her departure, Jade had been with WWE since January of 2021.

As noted before, WWE had a new round of staff layoffs on Thursday at their headquarters office in Stamford, Connecticut. At the time, it was not known if WWE’s roster would also be getting a new round of talent cuts.

Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that internal memos had indicated that Dakota Kai, Braun Strowman, Shayna Baszler, Kayden Carter, and Katana Chance were released by WWE earlier today.

Kai and Baszler confirmed their departures from WWE on Twitter.

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— 𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖑𝖎𝖊𝖌𝖎𝖗𝖑 🎮 (@ImKingKota) May 2, 2025

No one can offer what I have to offer. Reality. Let the Galaxy burn.
— Shayna Baszler (@QoSBaszler) May 2, 2025

Prior to their departures, Kai had been with WWE since December of 2016. Kai recently had lamented on Twitter about her abscense from WWE and how it was not due to an injury-related issue.

Strowman had been with WWE since September of 2022 following a previous stint with the company from 2013 to June of 2021.

Baszler had been with WWE since August of 2017, Carter had been with WWE since July of 2018, and Chance had been with WWE since August of 2017.