WWE Releases 10 Wrestlers: Samoa Joe, Billie Kay, Peyton Royce, Mickie James, Chelsea Green, Tucker, Kalisto, Bo Dallas, Wesley Blake, Mojo Rawley

WWE announced today that they have released several wrestlers from their contracts with the company.

• Samoa Joe
• Billie Kay
• Peyton Royce
• Mickie James
• Chelsea Green
• Tucker
• Kalisto
• Mojo Rawley
• Bo Dallas
• Wesley Blake

From WWE’s website:

WWE has come to terms on the release of Samoa Joe, Billie Kay, Peyton Royce, Mickie James, Chelsea Green, Tucker, Kalisto, Mojo Rawley, Bo Dallas and Wesley Blake as of today April 15, 2021.

We wish them the best in all of their future endeavors.

Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp reported that WWE’s new Head of Talent Relations John Laurinaitis has been contacting talent stating that they were being let go due to budget cuts.

I’m told John Laurinaitis has been making the calls to talent and citing budget cuts as the reason for the WWE releases

— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) April 15, 2021