WWE have released Tony Briggs, Courtney Freeman, Dustin Mueller, Leyvonna Zakari and Laszlo Vandracsek from their NXT deals with the company.

Briggs, real name Brian Reid worked the independent wrestling scene in California under the name Brian Tanner and was signed to a developmental deal in January 2014. Freeman, was a former amateur wrestler from The University of the Cumberlands and signed with the WWE straight out of college. He had been training at the WWE Performance Center for close to a year.

Dustin Mueller, a Chicago native with a bodybuilding background was signed to a deal in late 2014, while Leyvonna Zakari, a Californian actress and model was signed to a deal in April 2014. Finally, Vandracsek, originally born in Hungary, but living in Phoenix, Arizona was a former Olympic bobsledder and was signed to a deal in late 2014.