7 Most Shocking WWE Releases 2015

2015 has been a unique year for World Wrestling Entertainment. There's very much a feeling that this will have been The Undertaker's last full year as an active member of the WWE roster, for example. Defying time, Undertaker has been part of the promotion's system since 1990, a full 25 years. He's the longest-running character in the pro wrestling world who is still performing inside the ring. Not everybody can be quite so fortuitous to say the same. Generally speaking, there's a shelf life for even the most brilliant of performers in WWE. The company doesn't take breaks, which means the men and women on the roster run the risk of being unbelievably over-exposed. It makes sense then that there are a certain number of releases each and every year from WWE. Most of these releases are simply a case of cycling out developmental talent, but there are other instances. That's exactly what this list aims to look at, 7 of the biggest releases from WWE contracts in 2015. Not all of these examples follow similar guidelines, they're all unique in their own ways. For many of them, few could say they saw these releases coming. Others were expected to happen eventually, but perhaps not with the circumstances surrounding them.