Ten members of the NXT roster have been reportedly released from their contracts by WWE. The names of released talent are as follows:

• Dakota Kai
• Dexter Lumis
• Malcom Bivens
• Harland
• Persia Pirotta
• Sanjana George
• Draco Anthony
• Raelyn Divine
• Mila Malan
• Blair Baldwin

The news of the releases was broken by Sean Ross Sapp from Fightful, who reported which names had been released when the information became available.

Fightful has learned that Dexter Lumis has been released by WWE.

— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) April 29, 2022

In a follow up report by Fightful Select, it has been stated that John Laurinaitis made the announcement that multiple talents have been released from NXT. The news was reported in an internal email, which cites budget cuts as the reason behind the releases, and that all released talent have a 30 day no compete clause. This no compete length is standard for all released NXT talent.

As with recent releases by WWE, no official announcement has been made by the company regarding this recent news.

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