Braun Strowman, Shayna Baszler, Dakota Kai Reportedly Among WWE Roster Releases

Braun Strowman, Shayna Baszler and Dakota Kai are among the list of professional wrestlers that WWE has released on Friday, per Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com.

The news dropped one day after a PW Insider Elite report (h/t Olivia Quinlan of Wrestling Inc.) stated that 10-12 WWE staff members were released, with the caveat that the exact number was unknown at that time.

Quinlan added: "Among the departments who were affected by the releases were the photography and creative services, but it remains to be seen if any wrestlers or on-screen personnel were included as part of the list of releases."

That list included Senior Vice President of Creative Writing Operations Christine Lubrano, who was with the company for more than four years.

As far as the WWE Superstar talent goes, it appears Cora Jade, Eddy Thorpe and Riley Osborne were released as well.

Gigi Dolin has also been released, per Sapp.

Strowman is obviously a big release given his status as an ex-Universal champion, Intercontinental champion and two-time Raw Tag Team champion.

The 41-year-old made his main roster debut in 2015 and stayed with the company until 2021, when he was released. He went to Ring of Honor but returned to WWE in 2022.

He remained with the company for three more years, with his last match occurring on April 4, when he fell to Jacob Fatu in a Last Man Standing match to determine the No. 1 contender for LA Knight's WWE United States Championship.

Elsewhere on the list of releases, Baszler is an accomplished mixed martial artist who went 15-11 during her career and notably became the FCF Women's Bantamweight Grand Prix Champion.

Baszler was a two-time NXT women's champion and three-time WWE women's tag team champion, twice with Nia Jax and once with Ronda Rousey.

Dakota Kai was also a two-time WWE women's tag team champion, earning the accomplishment with current Women's World champion Iyo Sky. She also starred in NXT, winning the tag team belts twice with Raquel González and claiming victory at the NXT Women's Championship Invitational in 2018.

Ultimately, those three are part of another talent exodus within the company after another one occurred in February, which saw eight different talents released, including Karl Anderson, Luke Gallows and Sonya Deville.