Cora Jade, Eddy Thorpe & Eight Others Released From WWE NXT

A new wave of releases has hit both WWE rosters in the aftermath of WrestleMania season, as last night 15 names were let go from the company - 10 of those from WWE’s developmental system, NXT. The names confirmed to have been released from NXT include Cora Jade, Eddy Thorpe, Jakara Jackson, Oro Mensah, Javier Bernal, Gigi Dolin, Gallus (Joe Coffey, Mark Coffey & Wolfgang) and Riley Osborne. 

Both Fightful Select and PWInsider confirmed these releases as news trickled out last night. 

24 year old prospect Cora Jade is one of the most notable exits given her role sitting mostly at the top of the NXT women’s division since she made her debut. Jade’s run had been hampered by multiple injuries, getting in the way of several ascents to the NXT Women’s Title scene. In the end, she would score one reign with Roxanne Perez as NXT Women’s Tag Team Champion. 

Jakara Jackson was another name showing promise as part of the Meta-Girls tag team alongside Lash Legend. On NXT in recent weeks, she and Legend parted ways as a team, though this would ultimately lead to her release. She had begun appearing on the main roster here and there with Legend, and had also cameoed in TNA. Another former Meta-Four member in Oro Mensah was also released. He had primarily been utilised on WWE Evolve in recent months.

Another blow to the NXT women’s division comes in the form of Gigi Dolin’s exit. Dolin had a notable run in the Toxic Attraction act, winning the NXT Women’s Tag Team Championships. After her split from Jacy Jayne, Dolin worked alongside Tatum Paxley and Shotzi in a new group, appearing in TNA and challenging for TNA Knockouts gold.

Wolfgang, Mark Coffey & Joe Coffey of Gallus ended their WWE run after joining back in 2018 as part of the NXT UK brand, where they were each heavily featured. The group had a record-breaking reign as NXT UK Tag Team Champions before heading over to NXT in 2022 and finding success there too.

A surprising exit is Eddy Thorpe, who has been featured plenty across the upper half of the NXT men’s division, challenging for the NXT Championship and feuding with Trick Williams. Riley Osborne was notably a part of the popular Chase U group, though now joins former member Duke Hudson in being released from WWE as NXT moved away from the act. Javier Bernal was not especially heavily featured on NXT programming in top storylines or acts, but was also released.  

On the main roster, Braun Strowman, Dakota Kai, Shayna Baszler, Kayden Carter & Katana Chance were among those released too. 

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