10 Bizarre Ways Wrestlers Have Been Written Off TV

4. Sleeping with the Fishes

One situation that forces WWE’s hand and typically requires someone being written out of storylines is when a superstar falls afoul of the company’s wellness policy. 

When a wrestler – particularly a top-level talent – is forced to sit out for 30 or 60 days, WWE need to come up with some kayfabe reason for them being MIA. 

Typically, they will shoot an injury angle, although sometimes they will come up with something a bit juicier, like when Ken Kennedy was suspended in the storyline for ‘impersonating a McMahon’. 

NXT’s Troy ‘Two Dimes’ Donovan was one of the unlucky few who have been outright fired after getting popped with a wellness policy violation. 

As he was part of the storyline at the time as a member of Tony D’Angelo’s ‘family’, WWE still felt the need to explain his disappearance. After an off-screen ‘betrayal’, D’Angelo and his associate ‘Stacks’ were shown standing on a bridge when a splash was heard, Donovan’s watch was thrown into the water and it was said that the released star was probably ‘sleeping with the fishes’.