History ChuckCunninghamSyndrome / ProfessionalWrestling

** This appears to have once again happened with the Hulkster in 2015. He was a host on Tough Enough and appeared sporadically on other WWE programs but was abruptly fired for making racially offensive comments. WWE even went to the point of erasing him from the Hall of Fame portion of their website[[note]]the company has never stated whether or not this means that he has been expelled from the Hall of Fame itself, but given that it lacks a physical location, one can forgive the confusion[[/note]] and its upcoming WWE '16 game where he would have figured prominently. Fortunately, Hogan eventually got his job back in 2018.

** This appears to have once again happened with the Hulkster in 2015. He was a host on Tough Enough and appeared sporadically on other WWE programs but was abruptly fired for making racially offensive comments. WWE even went to the point of erasing him from the Hall of Fame portion of their website[[note]]the company has never stated whether or not this means that he has been expelled from the Hall of Fame itself, but given that it lacks a physical location, one can forgive the confusion[[/note]] and its upcoming WWE '16 game where he would have figured prominently.

* One of the worst examples of this happening was the managers of [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin "Stunning" Steve Austin]] after he first entered WCW in 1991. When he debuted, he was accompanied by a brunette named Vivacious Veronica, however after a few weeks she was replaced without explanation by a blond called Lady Blossom (who was Austin's then wife and former WCCW valet, Jeannie Clark), about a year later she disappeared and Paul E. Dangerously (AKA Wrestling/PaulHeyman) took over the job of managing Austin. Wrestling/{{Madusa}} and Col. Robert Parker both fit in there somewhere too.

* If not for Wrestling/CMPunk's throwaway lamentations, those who don't check WWE corporate statements would probably be ignorant about guys like [[Wrestling/DrewHankinson Festus/Luke Gallows]], Mike Knox and Wrestling/VladimirKozlov getting 'future endeavored'. Nor would they be aware of Wrestling/JohnMorrison, Wrestling/{{Melina}} Perez, Wrestling/GailKim or the Wrestling/BellaTwins just up and leaving (although the Bellas returned as abruptly as they left).

* If not for Wrestling/CMPunk's throwaway lamentations, those who don't check WWE corporate statements would probably be ignorant about guys like [[Wrestling/DrewHankinson Festus/Luke Gallows]], Mike Knox and Wrestling/VladimirKozlov getting 'future endeavored'. Nor would they be aware of Wrestling/JohnMorrison, Wrestling/{{Melina}} Perez, Wrestling/GailKim or the Wrestling/BellaTwins just up and leaving.
** Or, in the case, of the Bellas, returning out of nowhere either.

** This seems to be recurrent in post-Wrestling/DragonGate Toryumon aces, as Hiromi Horiguchi, the ace of the last Mexico class, faded in the darkness as well in 2009.

* Kozo Urita aka Tiger Shark, a Japanese professional wrestler and UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts fighter known as part of Wrestling/SatoruSayama's entourage, was a mainstay on Real Japan Pro Wrestling from its foundation year until October 2013, moment in which he vanished for no explanation.
* A similar example is Hisamaru Tajima, who was set to become the ace of Toryumon X. However, after only two matches in Mexico, he disappeared completely, and Taiji Ishimori took his role as the next Toryumon ace. The reasons behind his exit are unknown, and the only information about him after it is that he opened a restaurant in Nakano, Tokyo. From 2006 to 2012, Tajima returned to pro wrestling, popping up in several promotions and becoming a regular in Dradition, before he disappeared again.
** This seems to be recurrent in post-Wrestling/DragonGate Toryumon aces, as Hiromi Horiguchi, the ace of the last Mexico class, faded in the darkness as well in 2009.

* When Berlyn (WCW mainstay Alex Wright, repackaged) debuted, he originally came out accompanied by three bodyguards and a pretty female interpreter named Uta who was getting surprisingly popular fairly quickly. Then Uta and two of the bodyguards disappeared about a month into the character's run with absolutely no acknowledgement.

* If not for Wrestling/CMPunk's throwaway lamentations, those who don't check WWE corporate statements would probably be ignorant about guys like [[Wrestling/DrewHawkinson Festus/Luke Gallows]], Mike Knox and Wrestling/VladimirKozlov getting 'future endeavored'. Nor would they be aware of Wrestling/JohnMorrison, Wrestling/{{Melina}} Perez, Wrestling/GailKim or the Wrestling/BellaTwins just up and leaving.

* If not for Wrestling/CMPunk's throwaway lamentations, those who don't check WWE corporate statements would probably be ignorant about guys like [[Wrestling/DrewHakinson Festus/Luke Gallows]], Mike Knox and Wrestling/VladimirKozlov getting 'future endeavored'. Nor would they be aware of Wrestling/JohnMorrison, Wrestling/{{Melina}} Perez, Wrestling/GailKim or the Wrestling/BellaTwins just up and leaving.

* If not for Wrestling/CMPunk's throwaway lamentations, those who don't check WWE corporate statements would probably be ignorant about guys like Festus/Luke Gallows, Mike Knox and Wrestling/VladimirKozlov getting 'future endeavored'. Nor would they be aware of Wrestling/JohnMorrison, Wrestling/{{Melina}} Perez, Wrestling/GailKim or the Wrestling/BellaTwins just up and leaving.

* Wrestling/AdamRose had a guy in a bunny costume accompany him to the ring, and eventually The Bunny became a full-fledged wrestler who began to steal the spotlight from Rose, forming a mini-feud. When Justin Gabriel (the guy in the costume) quit, nobody replaced him and The Bunny disappeared without explanation. It was rumored that the man behind The Bunny would be Wrestling/DarrenYoung when he returned from injury to feud with former tag partner Wrestling/TitusONeil (the two instead reunited and won the Tag Team Championship within 6 months of Gabriel's departure). Gabriel said in an interview that he had many ideas for The Bunny character, including a gritty character who would eventually turn out to be Wrestling/VinceMcMahon, but most of these ideas were shot down by Wrestling/TripleH.
* The WCW Stable the Dungeon Of Doom saw many departures. Some simply left by turning face, but One Man Gang, Maxx, and The Master all disappeared from the company without any explanation.

* [[Wrestling/TNA Impact Wrestling]] will sometimes have major stars disappear without notice due to the fact that their weekly show is taped in large production groups months ahead of time. During the interim RealLifeWritesThePlot and contracts expire or a wrestler is released and feuds are left unfinished. Become egregious when they are building to a live Pay Per View which kicks off a new taping schedule.

* This happens regularly. Wrestlers leave the company, which is very rarely acknowledged on the air; the sole reference will generally be in a short corporate press release stating that they and the company have come to terms on their departure and that Wrestling/{{WWE}} "wishes them the best in their future endeavors" -- leading to the popular FanSpeak term for a wrestler being fired: being 'future-endeavored'. They may be taken off the air prior to leaving, to lower their 'drawing' value. Usually this happens to guys who work the lower matches, and so flies under the radar, but occasionally even a big name will simply vanish. For example, Wrestling/{{Sable}}, who was extremely popular in the late '90s, abruptly vanished from programming -- because she sued the company. Similarly, Wrestling/EricBischoff was taken off the air in Wrestling/{{WCW}} for his inept management, and his on-air departure was never acknowledged, which made it even less understandable when he returned in April 2000.

* The WCW Stable the Dungeon Of Doom saw many departures. Some simply left by turning face, but Kamala, One Man Gang, Maxx, and The Master all disappeared from the company without any explanation.

** This appears to have once again happened with the Hulkster in 2015. He was a host on Tough Enough and appeared sporadically on other WWE programs but was abruptly fired for making racially offensive comments. WWE even went to the point of erasing him from the Hall of Fame and its upcoming WWE '16 game where he would have figured prominently.

* A particularly egregious example was when wrestling's first megastar Wrestling/HulkHogan left the WWF in 1993. After losing the WWF title to Wrestling/{{Yokozuna}} at King of Ring, Hogan was never mentioned again until wrestling started taking on more 'realistic' storylines.

* A recent example; in late 2010, after his FaceHeelTurn, Tyson Kidd appeared on RAW with a new bodyguard, 7-foot developmental talent Jackson Andrews. Andrews, for all of his size and intimidation, was as green as grass, and after about 4 weeks, following Kidd losing a match to Wrestling/MarkHenry, Andrews sustained a World's Strongest Slam from Henry and returned to developmental limbo, where he would be released soon after, never to be mentioned or talked about again.
** Happens a lot with valets, for instance, Wrestling/{{Carlito| Colon}}'s temporary bodyguard-or-something, Jesús (as in "Hey-suess"), who, in {{Kayfabe}}, stabbed Wrestling/JohnCena in a night club. He then faced Cena in a street fight at a PPV, which resulted in Jesús getting beaten within an inch of his life and never being mentioned afterwards.

* Since walking out in January 2014, CM Punk has become one of these. His first mention on WWE television since then was the March 2014 episode of Raw where Paul Heyman came out to his music. Later on, however, at Payback 2014 when the crowd was chanting Punk's name, Stephanie McMahon told Daniel Bryan, who was in the ring with her, that they wanted Bryan to quit as CM Punk had.

* Kozo Urita aka Tiger Shark, a Japanese professional wrestler and UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts fighter known as part of Wrestling/SatoruSayama's entourage. He was a mainstay on Real Japan Pro Wrestling from its foundation year until October 2013, moment in which he vanished for no explanation.

* This happens regularly. Wrestlers leave the company, which is very rarely acknowledged on the air; the sole reference will generally be in a short corporate press release stating that they and the company have come to terms on their departure and that WWE "wishes them the best in their future endeavors" -- leading to the popular FanSpeak term for a wrestler being fired: being 'future-endeavored'. They may be taken off the air prior to leaving, to lower their 'drawing' value. Usually this happens to guys who work the lower matches, and so flies under the radar, but occasionally even a big name will simply vanish. For example, Wrestling/{{Sable}}, who was extremely popular in the late '90s, abruptly vanished from programming -- because she sued the company. Similarly, Wrestling/EricBischoff was taken off the air in WCW for his inept management, and his on-air departure was never acknowledged, which made it even less understandable when he returned in April 2000.

* One of the worst examples of this happening was the managers of [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin "Stunning" Steve Austin]] after he first entered WCW in 1991. When he debuted, he was accompanied by a brunette named Vivacious Veronica, however after a few weeks she was replaced without explanation by a blond called Lady Blossom (who was Austin's then wife and former WCCW valet, Jeannie Clark), about a year later she disappeared and Paul E. Dangerously (AKA Wrestling/PaulHeyman) took over the job of managing Austin.
** Wrestling/{{Madusa}} and Col. Robert Parker both fit in there somewhere too.

** Happens a lot with valets, for instance, Carlito's temporary bodyguard-or-something, Jesús (as in "Hey-suess"), who, in {{Kayfabe}}, stabbed Wrestling/JohnCena in a night club. He then faced Cena in a street fight at a PPV, which resulted in Jesús getting beaten within an inch of his life and never being mentioned afterwards.

* Since walking out in January 2014, CMPunk has become one of these. His first mention on WWE television since then was the March 2014 episode of Raw where Paul Heyman came out to his music. Later on, however, at Payback 2014 when the crowd was chanting Punk's name, Stephanie McMahon told Daniel Bryan, who was in the ring with her, that they wanted Bryan to quit as CM Punk had.

* Since walking out in January 2014, CMPunk has become one of these. His first mention on WWE television since then was the March 2014 episode of Raw where Paul Heyman came out to his music. Later on, however, at Payback 2014, when the crowd was chanting Punk's name, she told Daniel Bryan, who was in the ring with her, that they wanted Bryan to quit as CM Punk had.

* Since walking out in January 2014, CMPunk has become one of these. His only mention on WWE television since then was the March 2014 episode of Raw where Paul Heyman came out to his music.

* Since walking out in January 2014, CMPunk has become one of these

* If not for Wrestling/CMPunk's throwaway lamentations, those who don't check WWE corporate statements would probably be ignorant about guys like Festus/Luke Gallows, Mike Knox and Wrestling/VladimirKozlov getting 'future endeavored'. Nor would they be aware of Wrestling/JohnMorrison, Melina, Wrestling/GailKim or the Wrestling/BellaTwins just up and leaving.