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WWE Superstars list for the 2009 roster of wrestlers from Raw, SmackDown, ECW, FCW and more!

This archived page tracks the World Wrestling Entertainment roster for 2009, including WWE Superstars, brand assignments, developmental wrestlers from Florida Championship Wrestling, free agents, managers, authority figures, releases and other on-screen roster changes from that calendar year.

LEGEND:

🎓 indicates an FCW, developmental or WWE recruit call-up to a higher roster level during the year.

★ indicates a brand-new WWE signing, recruit, developmental prospect or first-time official/on-screen WWE roster member for that year.

⇄ indicates a Raw, SmackDown or ECW draft move, brand trade or roster transfer during the year.

🪃 indicates a returning WWE Superstar who came back to the company during the year.

👔 indicates a notable role change, such as moving from wrestler to manager, authority figure or another on-screen role.

⏳ indicates a WWE signing, recruit or developmental prospect who had not yet debuted on WWE television by the end of that year.

🏷️ indicates a wrestler or on-screen personality who changed their WWE ring name, gimmick name or on-screen name during that year.

This historical roster list reflects WWE roster trades, WWE Draft picks, WWE releases in 2009, developmental call-ups, free agents and other movement from the year.

2009 WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW ROSTER LIST:

Below is the complete WWE Raw roster for 2009 as of December 31, including the Raw men's and women's divisions featuring all active male and female WWE Superstars assigned to the red brand.

WWE RAW MEN'S ROSTER 2009:

• Big Show ⇄
• Carlito ⇄
• Chavo Guerrero ⇄
• Chris Masters 🪃
• Cody Rhodes
• Evan Bourne ⇄
• Jack Swagger ⇄
• John Cena
• Kofi Kingston
• Mark Henry ⇄
• The Miz ⇄
• MVP ⇄
• Primo ⇄
• Randy Orton
• Santino Marella
• Sheamus ★🎓⇄ (signed before 2009; made his WWE television debut in 2009)
• Shawn Michaels
• Ted DiBiase Jr.
• Triple H ⇄

WWE RAW WOMEN'S ROSTER 2009:

• Alicia Fox ⇄
• Brie Bella ⇄
• Eve Torres ⇄
• Gail Kim 🪃⇄
• Jillian Hall
• Kelly Kelly
• Maryse ⇄
• Melina ⇄
• Nikki Bella ⇄

2009 WWE FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN ROSTER LIST:

Below is the complete WWE SmackDown roster for 2009 as of December 31, including the SmackDown men's and women's divisions featuring all active male and female WWE Superstars assigned to the blue brand.

WWE SMACKDOWN MEN'S ROSTER 2009:

• Batista ⇄
• Charlie Haas ⇄
• Chris Jericho ⇄
• CM Punk ⇄
• David Hart Smith ⇄
• Dolph Ziggler ⇄
• Drew McIntyre 🎓
• Edge (injured)
• Eric Escobar ★🎓 (signed before 2009; made his WWE television debut in 2009)
• Finlay ⇄
• The Great Khali
• Jimmy Wang Yang
• John Morrison ⇄
• JTG ⇄
• Kane ⇄
• Kung Fu Naki
• Luke Gallows ⇄🏷️ (formerly Festus)
• Matt Hardy ⇄
• Mike Knox ⇄
• R-Truth
• Rey Mysterio ⇄
• Shad Gaspard ⇄
• Slam Master J 🏷️ (formerly Jesse)
• Tyson Kidd ★🎓⇄ (signed before 2009; made his WWE television debut in 2009)
• The Undertaker

WWE SMACKDOWN WOMEN'S ROSTER 2009:

• Beth Phoenix ⇄
• Layla ⇄
• Maria
• Michelle McCool
• Mickie James ⇄
• Natalya ⇄

2009 WWE ECW ROSTER LIST:

Below is the complete WWE ECW roster for 2009 as of December 31, including the ECW men's and women's divisions.

WWE ECW MEN'S ROSTER 2009:

• Caylen Croft ★🎓 (signed before 2009; made his WWE television debut in 2009)
• Christian 🪃
• Ezekiel Jackson ⇄
• Goldust ⇄
• Shelton Benjamin ⇄
• The Hurricane / Gregory Helms ⇄👔🏷️ (formerly Gregory Helms; wrestler → ECW backstage interviewer and The Hurricane wrestler)
• Trent Barreta ★🎓 (signed before 2009; made his WWE television debut in 2009)
• Tyler Reks ★🎓 (signed before 2009; made his WWE television debut in 2009)
• Vance Archer ★🎓 (signed in 2009; made his WWE television debut in 2009)
• Vladimir Kozlov ⇄
• William Regal ⇄
• Yoshi Tatsu ★🎓 (signed before 2009; made his WWE television debut in 2009)
• Zack Ryder ⇄

WWE ECW WOMEN'S ROSTER 2009:

• Rosa Mendes ⇄

2009 WWE FCW / DEVELOPMENTAL ROSTER LIST:

This section covers notable WWE-contracted developmental wrestlers in Florida Championship Wrestling during 2009.

WWE FCW MEN'S ROSTER 2009:

• Alberto Banderas ★🏷️ (formerly Dos)
• Alex Riley
• Big E Langston ★⏳ (signed in 2009; had not debuted on WWE television by the end of the year)
• Bo Rotundo
• Brett DiBiase
• Byron Saxton
• Curt Hawkins
• Darren Young ★
• David Otunga
• Dawson Alexander
• Derrick Bateman
• Donny Marlow
• Duke Rotundo ★🏷️ (formerly Alex Rotundo)
• Eli Cottonwood
• Heath Slater
• Jackson Andrews ★⏳ (signed in 2009; had not debuted on WWE television by the end of the year)
• Jey Uso ★⏳ (signed in 2009; had not debuted on WWE television by the end of the year)
• Jimmy Uso ★⏳ (signed in 2009; had not debuted on WWE television by the end of the year)
• Joe Hennig
• Johnny Curtis
• Johnny Prime
• Justin Angel
• Kaval / Low Ki
• Lucky Cannon
• Mason Ryan ★⏳ (signed in 2009; had not debuted on WWE television by the end of the year)
• Michael Tarver
• Percy Watson
• Richie Steamboat ★⏳ (signed in December 2009; had not debuted on WWE television by the end of the year)
• Reon Mahima ★⏳ (signed to a WWE developmental contract in 2009; had not debuted on WWE television by the end of the year)
• Skip Sheffield
• Sweet Papi Sanchez
• Titus O'Neil ★⏳ (signed in 2009; had not debuted on WWE television by the end of the year)
• Wade Barrett
• Wes Brisco

WWE FCW WOMEN'S ROSTER 2009:

• AJ Lee / April Lee ★🏷️ (formerly April Lee)
• Aksana / Olga ★🏷️ (formerly Olga)
• Angela Fong / Savannah
• Courtney Taylor
• Liviana ★🏷️ (formerly The Candy Girl)
• Naomi Knight ★🏷️ (formerly Naomi Night)
• Serena Deeb / Serena Mancini ★🏷️ (formerly Serena Deeb)
• Tamina / Sarona Snuka ★⏳ (reportedly signed in December 2009; had not debuted on WWE television by the end of the year)

NO BRAND OR NON-EXCLUSIVE WWE FREE AGENTS IN 2009:

The following WWE Superstars were signed to the roster, but did not have a standard active Raw, SmackDown or ECW brand assignment by the end of the year.

2009 WWE FREE AGENTS / INACTIVE LIST:

• DJ Gabriel (inactive/off television; released in 2010)
• Jamie Noble 👔 (wrestler → retired from in-ring competition during the year)
• Katie Lea Burchill (left ECW after a storyline stipulation; remained under WWE contract until 2010)
• Paul Burchill (left ECW after a storyline stipulation; remained under WWE contract until 2010)
• Tommy Dreamer (left ECW on December 29; officially released in 2010)

WWE OTHER ON-SCREEN CHARACTERS 2009 LIST:

2009 WWE MANAGERS, VALETS, INTERVIEWERS & RING ANNOUNCERS LIST:

• Abraham Washington ★🎓👔 (FCW wrestler → ECW talk-show host)
• Byron Saxton ★🎓👔 (FCW wrestler/manager → ECW commentator)
• Courtney Taylor ★🎓👔 (FCW wrestler → ECW backstage interviewer)
• Hornswoggle ⇄👔 (ECW wrestler/mascot → Raw manager/mascot role)
• Lauren Mayhew ★ (ECW ring announcer)
• Savannah ★🎓👔 (FCW wrestler → ECW backstage interviewer and ring announcer)
• Tony Atlas (Abraham Washington Show sidekick)
• Vickie Guerrero 👔 (Raw General Manager → SmackDown consultant / manager of Eric Escobar)

2009 WWE AUTHORITY FIGURES LIST:

• Donald Trump (storyline Raw owner on June 22)
• Miscellaneous Raw Guest Hosts (weekly guest host format began on June 29)
• Stephanie McMahon (Raw General Manager through April)
• Theodore Long (SmackDown General Manager)
• Tiffany (ECW General Manager)
• Vickie Guerrero (Raw General Manager from April to June)
• Vince McMahon (WWE Chairman)
• William Regal 👔 (ECW wrestler → interim ECW General Manager)

LIST OF WRESTLERS & SUPERSTARS RELEASED FROM WWE IN 2009:

The following WWE Superstars were released, quit, retired, had their contracts expire, or were otherwise moved off the active WWE roster during 2009.

WWE RELEASES 2009 - MEN'S DIVISION:

• Alex Reynolds (developmental/tryout stint ended)
• Bam Neely
• The Boogeyman
• D'Lo Brown
• Eugene
• Gavin Spears
• Hacksaw Jim Duggan
• Hardcore Holly
• JBL (retired)
• Jeff Hardy (contract expired)
• Kevin Thorn
• Kizarny
• Manu
• Mr. Kennedy
• Ricky Ortiz
• Ryan Braddock
• Scotty Goldman / Colt Cabana
• Shane McMahon (announced he would leave WWE)
• Sim Snuka
• Tazz
• The Brian Kendrick
• Umaga
• Val Venis

WWE RELEASES 2009 - WOMEN'S DIVISION:

• Candice Michelle
• Lauren Mayhew (ring announcer; short-term contract expired)
• Lilian Garcia (ring announcer)
• Victoria

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