New Revelation On WWE Cuts

The recent WWE roster purge has taken the wrestling world by surprise. According to reports, 30 known superstars have been released so far, with 18 being from the main roster.

In comparison to last year, when only six main roster stars were released, this year’s release wave has been significantly larger than the post-WrestleMania cuts in 2025.

With released stars confirming their WWE departures on social media and multiple names being moved to the alumni section, the wrestling world has been wondering if more superstars could become victims of the recent roster purge. However, according to a new report, WWE might be done with the cuts for now.

WWE’s Post-WrestleMania Releases Reportedly Over for Now

Speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer revealed that the cuts are currently “done,” although one or two additional names could still surface.

“I am told that cuts are done. I don’t know if we know every name, but every name has been told. So if someone was told and did not go on social media or they did not remove the name from the website yet, it is possible a name or two could still come up, but they have all been done for now,” [Credits: F4WOnline.com]

Meltzer also explained the reason behind WWE’s recent mass releases. According to the renowned journalist, WWE held back on major releases last year following TKO’s takeover because they were trying to be the “good guys.” However, this year the company reportedly made up for those delayed cuts with a much larger round of releases.

“The story on the cuts being so many – there’s a couple of reasons behind it. What happened is essentially, last year, because they had basically just taken over the company and they were trying to be ‘good guys,’ so they didn’t order a lot of cuts last year, they kinda held back. So it’s kinda like a catch-up.

“Developmental, they’re adding new people to developmental, the people who they’d figured aren’t gonna make it, those were the ones cut. The main roster cuts, essentially it was two things. Number one, all the people who were brought up from NXT that got spots, essentially, they wanted to remove a similar amount of people.

“They went to creative. It was creative that made the call as to who. They said ‘Who are you not planning on using? Give us X number of names.’ The number that were brought up, and additional names from SmackDown, the reason being that SmackDown at the end of this month, SmackDown is going to two hours, so therefore there is an hour less time of television, so therefore there is less time to put as many people on, so therefore there would be additional cuts on the SmackDown side.

“So that’s the story behind the number of cuts.”