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Due to the financial impact of the coronavirus on WWE, the company started releasing several wrestlers, producers and staff from their deals on April 15th, 2020.
*The listed names were released on April 17th, 2020 — **Confirmed/released on April 18th — ***Reported on April 28th — ****Reported on April 29th — *****Confirmed on April 30th
We will be updating this page with the latest names to be let go. Aside from the hundreds of unnamed staff, 58 known superstars/staff have had their releases confirmed:
-Superstars-
- Drake Maverick
- Curt Hawkins
- Karl Anderson
- Luke Gallows
- EC3
- Eric Young
- Lio Rush
- Heath Slater
- Sarah Logan
- Erick Rowan
- Primo Colon
- Epico Colon
- Mike Kanellis
- Maria Kanellis
- Zack Ryder
- No Way Jose
- Rusev
- Deonna Purrazzo
- Aleksandar Jaksic
- MJ Jenkins
- Dorian Mak (Dan Matha)
- Taynara Conti*
- Tino Sabbatelli*
- Cezar Bononi*
- Nick Ogarelli*
- Mars Wang*
- Kassius Ohno**
- Yifeng (Rocky)**
- Mohamed Fahim**
- Marcos Gomes**
- Faisal Kurdi**
- Edgar Lopez**
- Hussain Aldagal**
- Cain Velasquez****
- Curtis Axel*****
-Producers & Coaches-
- Kurt Angle
- Lance Storm
- Shane Helms
- Sarah Stock
- Scott Armstrong
- Billy Kidman
- Dave “Fit” Finlay
- Pat Buck
- Shawn Daivari
- Mike Rotunda
- Serena Deeb
- Ace Steel
- Kendo Kashin
- Gerald Brisco***
-Referees-
- Mike Chioda
-Announcers & Presenters-
- Aiden English
- Jerry Soto (Spanish)
- Jon Quasto
- Josiah Williams (NXT)
- Alyssa Marino (NXT)
-Other Staff-
- Andrea Listenberger (Creative)
- Joe Villa (Manager Publicity and Corporate Communications)
- Kerwin Silfies (Director of Television)
