10 WWE Superstars Who Will Leave In 2019

8. Tye Dillinger

Tye Dillinger
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Tye Dillinger is to SmackDown's male ranks what Dana Brooke is to Raw's female ladder. He's a peripheral figure, one who has struggled for house room in a jam-packed mid card that favours those with a little more flash than he possesses; that 'Perfect Ten' shtick has grown stale.

Tye is talented, but he's always going to pop up on lists like this one until the inevitable happens. There's no point in denying it; Dillinger has neither been given much of a chance nor impressed when he has been called upon since moving up from NXT. He's either crying out for pastures new or a tag-team that might salvage his career.

One way or another, something must change.

Expect WWE to take the decision out of his hands and set Dillinger free on the independent scene when next year comes. If he's willing to put a shift in, there's an opportunity for Tye there. In New Japan, his style would be celebrated, and he wouldn't be under as much pressure to come across as a dynamic personality.

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