2014 was certainly a crazy year for the WWE. In the last 12 months the WWE created and has proceeded to cement three bright new stars in Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose. Brock Lesnar dominated 2014, shocking us all by ending the Undertakers undefeated streak at Wrestlemania 30 and then going on to destroy John Cena at Summerslam to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. 2014 also saw the rise of NXT, their quarterly special events and the superstars of the future like Adrian Neville, Sami Zayn, Tyler Breeze, Finn Balór, Hideo Itami and Kevin Owens. 2014 also had its fair share of surprising releases. Thats right, several people were released by the WWE in 2014, from a Punjabi giant, to a main event playah, to a beer tossing timekeeper and more than one former WWE and World Heavyweight Champion. Its terrible to see anybody lose their job, but some of the WWEs releases this year were more shocking and painful than the others. This week well take a look back at some of WWEs Most Shocking Superstar Releases of 2014. From guys that were there for close to a decade, to guys that were only with the WWE for a cup of coffee, several people found themselves on the outs of World Wrestling Entertainment, and today we remember and honor them. As always let us know what you think by commenting. Who would you say is the most shocking release of 2014? Anyone we neglected to mention? We love it when you get involved! Now lets take a trip down memory lane, shall we?
Matthew J. Douglas is an emerging screenwriter born in Toronto. A lifelong fascination with what makes a compelling story and the Toni Morrison quote "If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it." led the often opinionated Matthew to the life of writer. Matthew is also a lifelong WWE fan, and a self diagnosed Reality TV Junkie.
