10 Wrestlers Who Will Leave WWE In 2024
Edge/Adam Copeland jumped to AEW, but who's next to leave the WWE nest?
If someone had told you that Edge/Adam Copeland would leave WWE and jump to AEW a few years ago, you'd likely have laughed. Hard. That seemed like an impossibility when the great man returned at the 2020 Royal Rumble. Hell, it seemed inconceivable when he formed Judgment Day.
Things change.
Pro wrestling moves at a frightening pace. One minute, someone is working featured matches on the main WrestleMania card. Seemingly the next? They're yesterday's news and the promotion has moved on. That's just the way things work, but it isn't all one way.
Copeland's decision should give heart to those ticking down contracts on the WWE side and contemplating something different. Whilst nobody's suggesting leaving behind a cushy payday is easy, there is an entire world of wrestling beyond WWE's walls. Sometimes, it even pays just as well.
Check out these predictions for 10 acts (it's actually 11 wrestlers in total!) who could bolt from Triple H's nest and set up shop elsewhere. AEW, TNA, New Japan and even the NWA will be keeping a beady eye on the news to see if these workers leave in 2024.
10. Nia Jax
You might be surprised to see Nia first.
After all, Jax only rejoined WWE a short while ago and is very-much in the title conversation. That's unlikely to change throughout this second stint, but the prediction here is that Nia won't be on the active roster for the entirety of 2024. Something about her return just feels...off.
Fans didn't really want to see it, and Jax appeared to have run her race creatively before leaving WWE in 2021. That's before one gets to all of those dangerous spots that left fellow workers injured - they're hard to overlook, especially when Nia works a rugged powerhouse style anyway.
It'd be a slight shocker to many if Jax was a full-time concern by the time calendars ticked to 2025. If anything, she's coming across like a short-term, quasi-legacy solution for the women's scene, not the kind of wrestler who'll be on the books for the long haul.
Happy to be proven wrong.