10 WWE Stars Released In 2019

6. The Ascension

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Signed: July 2010 (Konnor) and February 2011 (Viktor).

Left: December 2019.

Whomever penned JBL to call The Ascension a subpar Road Warriors rip off when they jumped up from NXT to WWE's main roster, hang your head in shame. That line buried them instantly to a wider audience and ruined any chance Konnor and Viktor had of becoming an intimidating heel tag-team.

The next five years passed by without much of note for the former NXT bad asses. The Ascension were house show regulars without threatening the major titles on TV, and they were last relevant as part of Breezango's 'Fashion Files' in 2017. They've barely been seen since.

Who knows, maybe the 'Cosmic Wasteland' will hook back up with Cody in AEW.

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