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GD
07-30-2014, 09:43 PM
Has the WWE ever fired a reigning champion or a main event player in a top level feud?
DrCrawford
07-30-2014, 10:40 PM
I know Dbry wasn't exactly a main eventer at the time...at least in WWE but he was involved in a main event angle.
JT
07-31-2014, 08:06 PM
Can't recall but from Jericho's second book, it sounded like they're were thinking of firing him during his IC Champ reign.
Bad News Gertner
07-31-2014, 08:27 PM
Ulimate Warrior was pretty close. As close as it gets.
hb2k
08-01-2014, 03:42 AM
Warrior is the highest I can think of. Slaughter was pretty high on the food chain when he got canned in 84.

They 86'd Chyna in 2001 when she was Women's Champion...
Hanso Amore
08-01-2014, 08:44 AM
Sable
Hanso Amore
08-01-2014, 08:45 AM
Though she quit now that I think of it
parkmania
08-01-2014, 10:07 AM
What about Madusa "dropping" the title on Nitro? Was she fired or quit?
Big Vic
08-01-2014, 11:52 AM
probably quit but just guessing

Ken Kennedys release I always thought was comical
Bad News Gertner
08-01-2014, 06:42 PM
Warrior is the highest I can think of. Slaughter was pretty high on the food chain when he got canned in 84.

They 86'd Chyna in 2001 when she was Women's Champion...

Didn't Sarge quit in 84 because he wanted to do G.I Joe?
Disturbed316
08-01-2014, 11:55 PM
Kurt Angle, maybe? It seemed he was set to become the new face of the WWECW when they canned him (debateable whether that would really be main event stuff)
DaveWadding
08-02-2014, 02:38 AM
RVD is the answer to this question.
SlickyTrickyDamon
08-02-2014, 04:02 PM
No, they suspended him.
JimmyMess
08-03-2014, 12:56 PM
Kurt Angle, maybe? It seemed he was set to become the new face of the WWECW when they canned him (debateable whether that would really be main event stuff)

I thought he asked for an early release
hb2k
08-03-2014, 01:33 PM
Angle was fired, he claimed an early release to try and save face, but he was definitely fired.

Slaughter was definitely fired as well, for no showing a date, trying to cut his own deal for G.I. Joe, and trying to start a union.
Lock Jaw
08-03-2014, 02:21 PM
Was Jeff Hardy fired after dropping the title to CM Punk, or was that just Jeff wanting to leave again?
Theo Dious
08-03-2014, 05:41 PM
Was Jeff Hardy fired after dropping the title to CM Punk, or was that just Jeff wanting to leave again?

It was known before he left that he was leaving after that PPV.
Big Vic
08-04-2014, 12:52 PM
Angle was fired, he claimed an early release to try and save face, but he was definitely fired.I don't think this is true.
Lock Jaw
08-04-2014, 04:35 PM
I think they wanted Angle to take some time off to heal, but instead he asked for his release because he didn't want to stop rassling to rest.
hb2k
08-05-2014, 11:25 AM
They wanted Angle to go to rehab, he said no, they were afraid he was going to die on their watch, and they fired him. History has been very kind to the story of Angle's release, but despite his best efforts to frame it as mutual or as his idea, that wasn't the case at all.