WWE Announces More Star Releases

WWE Announces More Star Releases

In addition to the news of Cedric Alexander's release earlier today (February 7, 2025), WWE has announced several other departures.

Update – Full list of WWE stars released today: Cedric Alexander, Akam, Rezar, Paul Ellering, Sonya Deville, and Blair Davenport.

According to PWInsider, Sonya Deville's departure is technically due to her contract not being renewed, as she was informed she would not be retained once her deal expires later this month.

Deville, who has been with WWE since Tough Enough 2015, spent time in NXT until late 2017, when she was called up to the main roster alongside Mandy Rose to form Absolution with Paige. After a significant injury hiatus, Deville returned to lead the Pure Fusion Collective group, which included Shayna Baszler and Zoey Stark.

Blair Davenport joined WWE in 2021 as part of the NXT UK roster, and by mid-2022, she was moved to the U.S.-based NXT. In April 2024, she was drafted to SmackDown but never appeared regularly on the show.

Akam and Rezar, known as the Authors of Pain (AOP), along with their manager Paul Ellering, have also been released.

The trio's most recent WWE run began in late 2023 when they aligned with Karrion Kross and Scarlett to form the Final Testament faction. Originally, AOP and Ellering formed a dominant team in NXT in 2016, winning the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic and the NXT Tag Team Championship before being called up to Raw in 2018. However, they were separated from Ellering on the main roster, with Drake Maverick taking on the manager role instead.

In addition to their NXT Tag Team Championship reign, Akam and Rezar also held the Raw Tag Team Championship during their main roster tenure. After an injury-related hiatus, AOP was released in 2020 but re-signed with WWE in 2022, and their return to television occurred in late 2023.

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