Summary

Multiple WWE departures were confirmed in the aftermath of WrestleMania 42, with a long list of main roster and developmental names now out of the company.

The reported exits include Aleister Black, Zelina Vega, Kairi Sane, Motor City Machine Guns, Santos Escobar, Apollo Crews, Uncle Howdy, Nikki Cross, Dexter Lumis, Erick Rowan, Joe Gacy, Zoey Stark, Alba Fyre, Andre Chase, and Dante Chan.

Developmental departures were also reported, including Luca Crusifino, Sirena Linton, Malik Blade, Trill London, Tyra Mae Steele, Chris Island, Tyriek Igwe, and Tyson Dupont.

Main roster names involved

The biggest headline names in the group are Aleister Black, Kairi Sane, and the Wyatt Sicks-related departures of Uncle Howdy, Nikki Cross, Dexter Lumis, Erick Rowan, and Joe Gacy.

Motor City Machine Guns, Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley, were also listed among the departures, along with Zelina Vega, Santos Escobar, Apollo Crews, Zoey Stark, Alba Fyre, Andre Chase, and Dante Chan.

What Aleister Black and the Wyatt Sicks exits change

Aleister Black and Uncle Howdy being part of this wave means WWE is coming out of WrestleMania 42 with a noticeably different depth chart than it carried into the event.

Black had recently been tied to fresh creative discussion, including a reported scrapped WrestleMania 42 pitch involving Randy Orton, so his exit stands out as more than a routine roster trim. The Wyatt Sicks-related names leaving together also cuts heavily into one of WWE's more distinctive character groups at the same time.

Developmental departures

On the developmental side, the reported departures are Luca Crusifino, Sirena Linton, Malik Blade, Trill London, Tyra Mae Steele, Chris Island, Tyriek Igwe, and Tyson Dupont.

That makes this a wide-ranging round of exits rather than a move limited to one part of the roster.

Sources

As reported by NoDQ.