Could WWE releasing superstars be a huge opportunity for AEW?

July 2024 · 2 minute read

WWE has released more that one third of the roster since COVID-19 has struck the world. The company has made these releases as a part of the budget cuts which have been quite some issue for almost all the companies around the world. While some came for cutting the costs, a lot of releases also came out for some backstage heat or other contract issues.

Full list of NXT wrestlers who were released by WWE, per @SeanRossSapp

— Dakota Kai
— Malcolm Bivens
— Dexter Lumis
— Harland
— Persia Pirotta
— Draco Anthony
— Sanjana George
— Raelyn Divine
— Mila Malani
— Paige Prinzivalli

— B/R Wrestling (@BRWrestling) April 29, 2022

WWE’s recent set of released superstars has come in from NXT. The company has released Malcolm Bivens, Dakota Kai, Dexter Lumis, Persia Pirotta, Harland, Draco Anthony, Raelyn Divine, Mila Malani, Sanjana George, and Paige Prinzivalli this week and releases has brought in a lot of questions in the minds of the fans and the other superstars as to why the superstars were being released even when some ongoing storylines could be affected due to that.

Could AEW get an edge over WWE after recent set of WWE NXT releases?

While WWE is the greatest sports entertainment company in the world currently, the Vince McMahon led company has faced a lot of competition from Tony Khan led AEW lately. AEW has made a lot of headlines since they made their presence felt in the sports entertainment industry and has been a huge concern for the company as well.

A lot of releases made by the company have found a spot in AEW and have made themselves get counted in the list of top superstars of the company but WWE has not been concerned with that. Some of the biggest names that switched to AEW due to releases of personal reasons are Jon Moxley, Bryan Danielson, FTR, Malakai Black and many more which also brought a lot of spotlight to the Tony Khan led company.

But this shouldn’t concern WWE thanks to the inevitable history they have and numerous legends in the corner who are still able to return for another match which should rather be a concern for AEW and their position in the wrestling industry. Though both the companies have taken some shots at each other as well, for WWE, it is not a very huge issue that should concern them.

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