{"id":89495,"date":"2021-04-15T14:42:24","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T18:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=89495"},"modified":"2021-04-15T18:59:03","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T22:59:03","slug":"samoa-joe-billie-kay-mickie-james-wwe-releases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/04\/15\/samoa-joe-billie-kay-mickie-james-wwe-releases\/","title":{"rendered":"Samoa Joe, Billie Kay, Peyton Royce, Mickie James, Other WWE Superstars Released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, <strong>WWE<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/article\/billie-kay-mickie-james-released\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> announced that they had come to terms on the releases<\/a> of <strong>Samoa Joe<\/strong>, <strong>Billie Kay<\/strong>, <strong>Peyton Royce<\/strong>, <strong>Mickie James<\/strong>, <strong>Chelsea Green<\/strong>, <strong>Kalisto<\/strong>, <strong>Bo Dallas<\/strong>, <strong>Tucker, Mojo Rawley<\/strong>, and<strong> Wesley Blake<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/04\/15\/ec3-karl-anderson-released-wwe\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">April 15, 2020, was the same day that WWE announced<\/a> releases last year that included the likes of <strong>Kurt Angle<\/strong>, <strong>EC3<\/strong>, and <strong>Deonna Purrazzo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the official announcement by WWE:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WWE has come to terms on the release of Samoa Joe, Chelsea Green, Tucker, Kalisto, Bo Dallas and Wesley Blake.<\/p>\n<p>We wish them all the best in all of their future endeavors. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/657qwu8wGc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/657qwu8wGc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gSSxc2JHFf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/gSSxc2JHFf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1382763579913429002?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The news comes days after <strong><em>WrestleMania 37<\/em><\/strong>. Both Samoa Joe and Billie Kay were major parts of that show, as Joe was one of the commentators for both days while Billie Kay tagged with <strong>Carmella<\/strong> in the Tag Team Turmoil match on night one. It was announced on Monday that Joe had been taken off of the commentary table and was going to be a part of the WWE talent roster moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>Peyton Royce&#8217;s last match with the company came on the March 22 edition of <em><strong>Raw<\/strong><\/em>, where she lost to Raw Women&#8217;s Champion <strong>Asuka<\/strong>. The match had come about based on her comments on <em><strong>Raw Talk<\/strong><\/em>, where she demanded an opportunity that she was not getting.<\/p>\n<p>Mickie James&#8217; last appearance for the company was on the <strong><em>NXT TakeOver: Stand &amp; Deliver<\/em> <\/strong>pre-shows, where she commentated the match between <strong>Toni Storm<\/strong> and <strong>Zoey Stark<\/strong>, as well as gave her analysis of the NXT Women&#8217;s Championship match between <strong>Io Shirai<\/strong> and <strong>Raquel Gonzalez<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Kalisto and Tucker both competed in the <em><strong>Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal<\/strong><\/em> on <strong><em>WrestleMania SmackDown<\/em><\/strong>. Wesley Blake has not competed since <em><strong>Money in the Bank<\/strong><\/em> in 2020, while Bo Dallas hasn&#8217;t competed since 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the comments made as of this writing:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xWsuZnxsXh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/xWsuZnxsXh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CHELSEA GREEN (@ImChelseaGreen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImChelseaGreen\/status\/1382793335140671497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Be well. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AvRsVYYmup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/AvRsVYYmup<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Samoa Joe (@SamoaJoe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamoaJoe\/status\/1382777684443418624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Looking forward to telling my story.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Levi Cooper (@REALLeviCooper) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/REALLeviCooper\/status\/1382767914747531265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Grateful for the memories. Grateful for the locker room. Grateful for the fans. Grateful for these little keys to my golden handcuffs. You can never expected others vision of you to be big as your own dreams. Thank you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VinceMcMahon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@VinceMcMahon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AlwaysBlessedAndGrateful?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AlwaysBlessedAndGrateful<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mickie James~Aldis (@MickieJames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MickieJames\/status\/1382760059747307523?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong>More from LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. 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