10 Wrestlers Who NEED To Get Out Of WWE
Will these WWE stars do a CM Punk and tell Vince McMahon/Triple H they're DONE?!
Patience can pay off for some overlooked WWE stars begging for an opportunity. Bobby Lashley, for example, was mired in some of the worst company booking for years before finally getting serious and becoming WWE Champ in 2021. Similarly, Rhea Ripley had to eat some creative sh*t before marching to the top of the women's ladder.
Yes, patience can pay off, but that is not guaranteed. Zero guarantees and months/years of being fed scraps might be too much for some to take anyway. Besides, as explored in the AEW piece, there's never been a better time than now to bank on yourself as a pro - men and women have several chances to make life-altering cash outside WWE these days.
Of course, nobody can blame them for sticking around with the market leader despite being consistently overlooked, but things just aren't clicking for these wrestlers under Vince McMahon and Triple H. Sometimes, their own frustration and unhappiness bubbles over publicly via social media or podcast interviews too.
Here are the guys and gals who could be your next CM Punk or Cody Rhodes. In other words, they might be set to tell WWE they're out!
10. Mustafa Ali
It's somewhat remarkable that Mustafa Ali hasn't resorted to throwing chairs around backstage and painting, 'GIVE ME SOMETHING!' in 5ft letters on a wall next to the creative team's meeting room. He's been overlooked pretty much consistently since an ill-timed injury wrecked his planned push in 2019, and yet he's still here fighting for better.
That's admirable, but it doesn't need to be this way. Returning to NXT after putting in some great performances against everyone from GUNTHER to Santos Escobar is the latest slap in the face to Ali, and he must be sick of getting cuffed across the chops just when things seem like they're moving in the right direction.
So, where could he go? AEW is the obvious choice, but Mustafa is talented enough to make a splash anywhere. He's deceptively good on the mic (as his brilliant promos about being a police officer in early-2019 confirmed) and obviously has great in-ring skills too.
The dude deserves better.