10 WWE Wrestlers Released In The Middle Of A Push
9. Emma
When WWE recollects how Stephanie McMahon ushered in the Women's Revolution by championing #GiveDivasAChance, one of the many flaws in the company's narrative is how it largely ignores Emma.
These days performing under her real name in IMPACT Wrestling, Tenille Dashwood continues to show why she should be viewed as a major asset to any women's division and to any wrestling promotion across the globe. Still, for whatever reason, WWE just didn't see much in the talented Australian.
Having spent six years under contract with Vince McMahon's promotion by that point in time, it was a little eyebrow-raising to see Emma fired by WWE in October 2017 - largely due to how prominent a role she'd had on TV in the weeks and months prior to that release.
It's one thing to be released after being featured regularly on TV, but Emma was constantly rubbing shoulders on Raw with heavy hitters like Charlotte Flair, Sasha Banks, Bayley and Raw Women's Champion Alexa Bliss. And not just that, she was Asuka's first WWE PPV opponent, facing the Empress of Tomorrow - with whom she'd put on a great match back at NXT TakeOver: London two years before - at the 2017 TLC show after Emma had toppled Banks, Bayley, Alicia Fox and Dana Brooke for the privilege.
The former Emmalina obviously lost to Asuka at TLC, then followed that up by losing a rematch on the next night's Raw before being released less than a week later.