10 Major Stars That Could Leave WWE Next

1. Roman Reigns

Roman Reigns
WWE

'The Tribal Chief' made major strides away from a life bound to WWE in 2022, and they weren't even the first of their kind.

Taking on a heavily reduced schedule whilst still holding both of the company's World Championships, Roman Reigns has been surveying his future beyond bumping, if he hadn't already done so during a self-imposed exit from the organisation at the height of the pandemic's grip in 2020.

These were bold moves from a man unafraid of the health of his push or status within the organisation, and his star has only risen in the time since. He is without qualifier or compromise the most valuable on-screen asset WWE has, and - as was the case with The Rock in 2001 - it is simply easier for them to acquiesce to his needs outside of the ring to at least keep him occasionally performing within it.

Based on prior moments between the two sides, this feels like it will all be on his terms. If that means this year, perhaps when his titles are gone and all Bloodline business has been conducted, then so be it.

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