WWE Contracts Reality Exposed After Massive Cuts Leave Talent With No Real Protection

TLDR

WWE released multiple wrestlers across its main roster, NXT, and developmental divisions after WrestleMania 42, including Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods, Aleister Black, Zelina Vega, Kairi Sane, Santos Escobar, Zoey Stark, and the Motor City Machine Guns. According to Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio, WWE contracts typically do not provide real job security unless talent has a rare "no-cut" clause, which he says only one or two wrestlers in the company may have. Meltzer noted that even top wrestlers who have tried to negotiate no-cut contracts have been denied, despite being told verbally that they would never be released.