10 Wrestlers Who Never Recovered From Their WWE Release
4. Perry Saturn
One of a number of talented technicians to work for ECW, WCW, and WWE, Perry Saturn made his WWE debut alongside fellow “Radicalz” Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, and Dean Malenko in 2001. Swiped from WCW, their signing was seen as a major coup at the time, but Saturn’s WWE career failed to take-off after a hot start. Long after the cringeworthy “Moppy” angle had obliterated his credibility, Saturn suffered a devastating ACL injury in April 2002 and was released six months later after never returning to television.
He started working the independents and Japan, but Saturn’s life took a near tragic turn in post-WWE life. Saturn completely vanished from the public eye, and fell-out of contact with even his closest friends and family. After being shot in an altercation with two armed men in 2004, it was later revealed that Saturn had developed a drug attention, and became homeless for two and a half years.
Fortunately, Saturn re-emerged in 2010, having resolved his housing situation and overcome his addiction. He made his in-ring return the following year, but sticks mostly to smaller independent promotions across the North American circuit. Though the most important thing is that Saturn has pieced his life back together, his mainstream wrestling career died with his WWE release.