10 WWE Stars Who Were Bullied Out Of The Company

10. Mauro Ranallo

March 2018, Ranallo - who had been public about his lifelong battle with bipolar disorder - left his post on SmackDown after suffering symptoms related to the illness. Soon, though, news emerged that repeated harassment from JBL had contributed to Ranallo's relapse (Bas Rutten, a longtime friend of Ranallo's, all but confirmed it on Twitter).

JBL had been vicious to Ranallo both on screen and off camera, but the final straw came when the former WWE Champion took Ranallo to task for acknowledging his win for "Best TV Announcer" in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards. The belligerent teasing - which took place on a WWE Network show - was very hurtful to Ranallo, as were JBL's subsequent Twitter jabs at his broadcast colleague.

Ranallo took a long-term sabbatical, whilst the seemingly Teflon JBL remained in situ. Eventually, the story had a happy ending, as Ranallo returned for a lower-key NXT post, and JBL called it quits to focus on charity work - tidily shuffled out the backdoor whilst preserving his reputation.