As has become somewhat of their version of the NFL’s Black Monday, WWE announced prior to SmackDown on Friday a slew of releases and roster cuts, including some names that have spent the better part of the last few years eating up TV time.
WWE Releases: New Round of Cuts Follows WrestleMania 42
Goodbye to the Wyatt Sicks
When Windham Rotunda, better known as Bray Wyatt, unfortunately passed away in 2023, WWE opted to bring back his brother, the former Bo Dallas, to help finish Wyatt’s story. Dallas returned under the persona of Uncle Howdy, the leader of the Wyatt Sicks, a group inspired by the characters Wyatt popularized in his firefly funhouse. Only these were not the same cuddly puppets but rather wrestlers taking on the personas of Mercy the Buzzard, Abby the Witch, Ramblin’ Rabbit, and Huskus the Pigboy. Joe Gacy, Nikki Cross, Dexter Lumis, Erick Rowan, and Dallas were the five members of the Wyatt Sicks, debuting in June 2024. The group enjoyed some success early on as the tributes to the late Bray Wyatt certainly helped propel the emotional feel-good story behind the unit. Lumis and Gacy even won the tag team titles.
The Wyatt Sicks debuted in 2024 as a tribute to the late BrayWyatt and remained a presence on both Raw and SmackDown over the next two years. It remains to be seen what will happen with the group’s two remaining members. Credit: WWE
Sadly, WWE seemed to run out of ideas as it related to the Wyatts, relegating the spooky group to a never-ending feud with the MFTs over the very lantern that Wyatt used to accompany him to the ring. In the end, the MFTs emerged victorious in the battle, seeming to put an end to the Wyatt Sicks or at the very least begging the question of where the group could go from here. Turns out where they’ll be going is their separate ways. On Friday, it was announced that Gacy, Cross, and Dallas were being released from the company.
There has been no word on the status of Lumis or Erick Rowan at this time, though it is worth noting that Lumis posted a photo on X of himself with an axe in his pocket, seemingly suggesting he, too, has been axed from the company.
Alba Fyre and Zoey Stark Reportedly Gone
According to Fightful’s Sean Ross Sap, Zoey Stark and Alba Fyre have also wrestled their last matches for WWE. Stark has been injured for almost a year, though it was reported she had been medically cleared to make her return. Fyre, meanwhile, was the only active member of Chelsea Green’s Secret Hervice following an injury to Piper Niven. It remains to be seen what happens to the group now, as Green herself has been off TV for close to a month.
NXT Releases
In addition to main roster releases, reports are coming out about NXT names also done with the company. Andre Chase posted a video on X announcing his time with WWE was done and he’d be available for bookings starting in June. Chase, of course was known in NXT as the leader of Chase U. While he never made it to the main roster during his run with the company, Chase was a two-time tag team champion, once alongside Ridge Holland and once alongside Duke Hudson, who himself was released last year.
Check back throughout the night as we update you with additional releases as they are made.
