2002–2003 [ ] 2004–2005 [ ]
Release date
Ring Name(s)
Notes
2004
Violent J
Short-term contract expired.
2004
Don Callis
Quietly departed from TNA after being offered a job in international trade.
2004
Vampiro
Released in order to return to Mexico.
2004
Shaggy 2 Dope
Short-term contract expired.
February 25, 2004
Teddy Hart
Released after the restaurant fight incident with CM Punk .
February 25, 2004
CM Punk
Fired after getting into a fight with Teddy Hart in a restaurant (It was eventually broken up by Sabu .)
February 26, 2004
Julio Dinero
Released after CM Punk was fired.
March 2004
Sinn
Contract expired
March 31, 2004
Sting
Short-term contract expired. Later Returned.
July 30, 2004
Chad Collyer
Released following the end of the Elite Guard storyline.
December 2004
Randy Savage
Released after he was denied a shot at the NWA World Heavyweight Championship .
2005
Mikey Batts
Released from contract
2005
Diamond Dallas Page
Released from contract.
2005
Johnny B. Badd
Retired.
2005
Dusty Rhodes
Waited out the rest of his contract after he resigned from the booking team.
2005
Roddy Piper
Fired after he cut a shoot promo defaming Vince Russo .
January 16, 2005
Scott Hall
Contract expired. Later returned in 2010.
April 2005
Dustin Rhodes
Contract expired; he decided not to renew it.
April 20, 2005
Kid Kash
Released after months of criticizing the company.
December 2005
Sonny Siaki
Contract expired; he decided not to renew it, leaving the company on good terms.
2006–2007 [ ]
Release date
Ring Name(s)
Notes
2006
Jerrelle Clark
Released from contract.
February 12, 2006
Apolo
Released after he no-showed the TNA Final Resolution pay-per-view.
April 2006
Bob Armstrong
Contract expired.
April 2006
Roderick Strong
Released from contract.
May 2006
Jeff Hardy
Released after he no-showed several pay-per-views; later returned to WWE . Returned to TNA in 2010
October 2006
Moody Melendez
Left TNA because he felt that the pay raise he was offered was not sufficient to make up for his increased duties.
October 5, 2006
Larry Zbyszko
Fired for unknown reasons.
2007
Bob Backlund
Released from contract.
2007
Andrew Martin
Released when it was believed he was taking steroids; TNA was being investigated by United States Congress at the time.
May 7, 2007
Austin Aries
Released for "bad attitude" after being made to tape vignettes on a day he believed to be a day off. Later returned to TNA.
June 2007
Konnan
Left TNA because he felt he was being racially discriminated when TNA management said that they would help pay for his hip replacement surgery, but did not.
August 2007
Jerry Lynn
Requested and received release
August 15, 2007
Doug Basham
Released from contract.
August 15, 2007
Damaja
Released from contract.
October 10, 2007
Shane Douglas
Released from contract.
October 29, 2007
Jeff Jarrett
Left company following the death of his wife to spend time with his family. Returned later to TNA
October 30, 2007
Junior Fatu
Released due to he and TNA management failing to reach an agreement about a pay raise.
November 25, 2007
Leticia Cline
Released
December 2007
Ron Killings
Worked out a deal for his release from the company.
2008 [ ] 2009 [ ] 2010 [ ]
Release date
Ring Name(s)
Notes
January 21, 2010
Raisha Saeed
Requested and received release
February 3, 2010
Scott D'Amore
Released so he could focus on his efforts with Maximum Pro Wrestling .
February 10, 2010
Bobby Lashley
Released so he could focus on his MMA career
March 4, 2010
Tracy Brooks
Released from contract.
March 5, 2010
Sean Morley
Left company after learning that TNA's move to Monday nights would conflict with his plans to concurrently wrestle for CMLL in Mexico.
March 22, 2010
Awesome Kong
Requested her release for personal / monetary reasons; she also disliked the changed in TNA's management. Returned in 2015
March 29, 2010
Jerry Sags
Released following an incident at a TNA function where Spike TV executives were present; details were not made public.
March 29, 2010
Brian Knobbs
Released following an incident at a TNA function where Spike TV executives were present; details were not made public.
March 31, 2010
Curry Man
Released from contract
April 30, 2010
Bubba the Love Sponge
Fired for making disparaging comments on the Haiti relief project on Twitter and for a series of heated confrontations with Awesome Kong .
June 14, 2010
ODB
Left company on good terms.
June 15, 2010
Scott Hall
Released due to legal problems.
June 15, 2010
Syxx-Pac / Sean Waltman
Released after he was diagnosed with Hepatitis C.
June 30, 2010
Ed Ferrera
Left company.
August 19, 2010
Homicide
Was granted his release; he had been requesting his release for over a year.
August 19, 2010
Tomko
Released after a long period of inactivity.
August 23, 2010
The Sandman
Released after he no-showed an iMPACT!
August 26, 2010
Tony Mamaluke
Released with the rest of the Full Blooded Italians .
November 11, 2010
Lacey Von Erich
Left TNA on good terms.
November 18, 2010
Raven
Released from contract
December 29, 2010
Taylor Wilde
Contract expired
2011 [ ] 2012 [ ]
Release date
Ring Name(s)
Notes
May 11, 2012
Ric Flair
Fired for alleged "contract tampering".
August 22, 2012
Brother Devon
Released from contract. Later Returned
2013 [ ]
Release date
Ring Name(s)
Notes
July 3, 2013
Joey Ryan
Released from contract.
2014-2015 [ ] 2016-2017 [ ] Death occurred while under contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling [ ] See Also [ ] TNA Current Roster ,Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
