The 9 Wrestlers WWE Just Released

5. Tucker

Tucker WWE
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Ex-Heavy Machinery powerhouse Tucker recently debuted a brand new look during that André The Giant Memorial Battle Royal on "WrestleMania SmackDown". The writing was very much on the wall for him once he split from Otis last year though. WWE creative has had, well...nothing for him ever since.

His heel turn felt random and his fallout feud with Otis was suddenly cancelled without warning. After that, "Tucky" was totally absent from TV and looked like he was struggling to fight his way back onto WWE's booking sheets. He was arguably doomed as soon as Vince McMahon took a shine (for a while anyway) to Otis.

Now, Tucker is gone.

In fairness, it was hard to see where the guy slotted in on Raw or SmackDown. It's not really clear what WWE could've done beyond sticking him one of those odd couple tandems with another going-nowhere straggler. Let's hope Tuck finds a home again.

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