Releases Coming

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-- It was reported earlier that WWE planned on releasing several talents following WrestleMania XXVII. The latest word is that between 12 and 14 talents will be cut. More shortly.

That is alot and i'd guess largely due to Superstars being cancelled, I'm going to take a stab at the 12 talents:
Curt Hawkins
DH Smith
JTG
Jey Uso
Jimmy Uso
Tamina
Primo
Rosa Mendes
Tyler Reks
Michael McGillicutty
Yoshi Tatsu
Tyson Kidd

I'd go with:

Tyson Kidd
the Usos
Hawkins (how he's survived this long, I'll never know)
DH Smith
Mendes
JTG

and a couple of shock picks:

Heath Slater
Khali
Ted Dibiase
R-Truth
Kofi Kingston

so long as zach ryder doesnt go im happy

Who i reckon will go

1) Matt Striker
2) Great Khali (knees are shot anyway) + Ranjin Singh
3) Michael Tarver
4) DH Smith
5) Primo
6) William Regal (said he was looking to stop wrestling, may get transferd to backstage role)
7) Curt Hawkins
8) JTG
9) Trent Barreta
10) Rosa Mendes
11) Kaitlyn (won NXT and hasnt competed yet, then WWE got Kong)
12) Goldust

I can't see Kingston going, they made a point of taking Koslov out to put Kofi in the 'Mania match, would seem a bit strange to release him.

I have a feeling that a lot of these releases will be becase Superstars got cancelled, no where to show any of the guys anymore.

Ranjin Singh wont get released he's a producer or writer or some shit like that.

ok just Khali then

Khali wont go. Hes like the biggest draw over in India and is a huge star over there.

InvincibleIleak wrote:

I can't see Kingston going, they made a point of taking Koslov out to put Kofi in the 'Mania match, would seem a bit strange to release him.

WWE has a record of giving guys who've been loyal servants one last Mania payday befoe axing them, as a thank you from the company - they did it with Shelton last year in MITB...

Saint Jimmy wrote:

Khali wont go. Hes like the biggest draw over in India and is a huge star over there.

but his knees are shot so will rarely appear, i dunno he may get some new deal with WWE but cant see him being paid a full amount much longer

His knees were fucked when he 1st turned up in WWE.

I still don't get why Kofi is rumoured to be going? They might have nothing planned for him at the moment but he is still more likely to end up getting jobbed out for a good few months than to be released IMO.

I can't see Khali going as he won a battle royal in a dark match at WrestleMania, so if he is getting released then that was stupid having him win a battle royal.

I hope Zac Ryder gets released just for giving that annoying song the time of day, lol!!

Nah, Zack Ryder needs to stay, he's quality.

Agreed, he is getting more TV time week by week and he even got mentioned by Cena in his promo on Raw, Money in the Bank winner 2011.....!

Rocky wrote:

I still don't get why Kofi is rumoured to be going? They might have nothing planned for him at the moment but he is still more likely to end up getting jobbed out for a good few months than to be released IMO.

Just people putting 2 and 2 together. WWE shop had a massive sale of all his merchandise in the run-up to Mania, he dropped the IC title for no real reason, wasn't on the Mania card until the very last moment, he's not had any merchandise released in some time...

Also depends if he's happy being jobbed out for months until they decide what to do with him. he may think he's got better prospects in TNA, and ask for a release.