Zelina Vega, along with her husband Aleister Black, got released from WWE today. Majority of today’s departures were reported by Sean Ross Sapp. Zelina said the following to Sapp on her stream:
“I was so shocked. I also would’ve appreciated if Sean Ross Sapp, or whoever the f**k announced it, could’ve at least given me the decency to let me do it myself first. F**k you, dude.”
You can watch it below:
Zelina Vega with a message to Sean Ross Sapp. pic.twitter.com/dEWVa8uvS6
— Capo 🎖️ (@UndisputedCapo) April 25, 2026
Sapp had the following to say about this:
“I did my job, verified the news and reported an accurate story. I understand why she feels the way she does. We’ve never reported a release before the talent is notified.”
24 Wrestlers Released From WWE
After releasing wrestlers which mainly included main roster talent, WWE has now begun making additional cuts across its developmental system, including NXT, EVOLVE and LFG.
According to Fightful Select, the following wrestlers have been released:
– Tyra Mae Steele
– Tyson Dupont
– Tyriek Igwe
– Chris Island
– Trill London
– Malik Blade
– Luca Crusifino
– Sirena Linton
Below are the 16 names that got released prior to this:
– Aleister Black
– Zelina Vega
– Kairi Sane
– Apollo Crews
– Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin)
– Santos Escobar
– Nikki Cross
– Zoey Stark
– Alba Fyre
– Bo Dallas
– Joe Gacy
– Erick Rowan
– Andre Chase
– Dexter Lumis
– Dante Chen
