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WWE Talent Releases, February 7, 2025 (lemmy.zip)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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As ~~GeekFTW~~ Neon_Carnivore posted here, Cedric Alexander.

PWInsider:

Blair Davenport

Davenport was signed to WWE NXT in 2021 and brought to the Smackdown roster last year.

Sonia Deville

Deville, who just hit her 10 year anniversary with the company, was hired in 2015 after competing on Tough Enough. She was informed tonight that the company would not be renewing her current contract. When it expires later this month, Deville would be free and clear to perform anywhere as there would not be a 90 day no compete involved.

Authors of Pain

They had most recently been on the Raw brand as part of The Final Testament.

Paul Ellering

Ellering had been part of The Final Testament. Ellering and The Road Warriors were inducted together in the WWE Hall of Fame back in 2011.

Edit: Correcting sources. Edit 2: As seen in comments more people have been released...

Isla Dawn
Luke Gallows
Karl Anderson
Giovanni Vinci
Elektra Lopez

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

100% shocked they didn't wait to release Sonya during pride month given the way corps are jumping over themselves to bend over backwards for anti gay politics

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I'm honestly curious to see what happens for Pride month this year. I'm pretty sure WWE will be sitting it out. Or maybe bringing in a gay wrestler to sing "Do you really want to hurt me" to The Undertaker again, since everyone is reverting to their worst, most hateful impulses now.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

My opinion, they sit it out, along with most other companies that appear to have bent over backwards to appease the new regime's anti-DEI efforts as they rush to protect their dollars over treating people with respect and dignity.

Not to be too political, but I'm not sure what kind of Country this will be by the time we get to Summer Pride month, let alone when we get to Black Pride in September or Atlanta Pride in the middle of October. We are only on day 19... and look at the craziness.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Mentioned it on Bluesky earlier lol. I'm wondering if a lot of companies aren't gonna do a Pride thing this year cause of either sure unadulterated hatred, or not wanting to paint a target on their back for the dregs.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

I fucking despise how so many people are amplifying the crabs in a bucket mentality