10 Most Shocking WWE Releases Ever
8. Dawn Marie
Nobody should have been that shocked when news broke that Dawn Marie had been released in 2005, but they were because - your writer included - everybody somehow always forgets that WWE is far from a nice company and is owned and operated from somebody who is far from being a nice man.
Marie wasn't being used regularly at the time, though had appeared at the beloved ECW reunion show One Night Stand just days before getting her release
Also, she was pregnant.
Pleasingly, Marie challenged the company over her exit, with the legal case noting that her job had been considered "safe" before she was cut. Going through the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, she cited the termination of her contract as a wrongful dismissal that had caused her considerable (and understandable) mental distress
The two sides came to a settlement in 2007 and Marie kicked off a new chapter of her life, retraining as a nurse. Better to help people than work for a man that's beyond the very notion of it.