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WWE Superstars list for the 2014 roster of wrestlers from Raw, SmackDown, NXT and more!

This archived page tracks the World Wrestling Entertainment roster for 2014, including WWE Superstars, main roster assignments, NXT wrestlers, WWE Performance Center developmental talent, managers, authority figures, releases and other on-screen roster changes from that calendar year.

LEGEND:

🎓 indicates an NXT, 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 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 debuted on WWE television by the end of the 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 movement, WWE releases in 2014, NXT call-ups, free agents, name changes, returns and other changes from the year.

2014 WWE MAIN ROSTER LIST:

Below is the complete WWE main roster for 2014. This section is used for years without a clean modern Raw and SmackDown roster split.

WWE MAIN ROSTER MEN'S DIVISION 2014:

• Adam Rose 🎓🏷️ (formerly Leo Kruger)
• Bad News Barrett / Wade Barrett
• Batista 🪃
• Big E 🏷️ (formerly Big E Langston)
• Big Show
• Billy Gunn
• Bo Dallas 🎓
• Bray Wyatt
• Brock Lesnar
• Cesaro 🏷️ (formerly Antonio Cesaro)
• Chris Jericho 🪃
• Christian
• Curtis Axel
• Damien Mizdow / Damien Sandow 🏷️ (formerly Damien Sandow)
• Daniel Bryan
• Darren Young
• David Otunga
• Dean Ambrose
• Diego
• Dolph Ziggler
• El Torito
• Erick Rowan
• Fandango
• Fernando
• Goldust
• Heath Slater
• Hornswoggle
• Jack Swagger
• Jey Uso
• Jimmy Uso
• John Cena
• Justin Gabriel
• Kane
• Kofi Kingston
• Konnor 🎓
• Luke Harper
• Mark Henry
• The Miz
• R-Truth
• Randy Orton
• Rey Mysterio
• Road Dogg
• Roman Reigns
• Rusev 🎓🏷️ (formerly Alexander Rusev)
• Ryback
• Santino Marella (in-ring career effectively ended in July 2014)
• Seth Rollins
• Sheamus
• Sin Cara
• Stardust / Cody Rhodes 🏷️ (formerly Cody Rhodes)
• Titus O'Neil
• Tyson Kidd
• Viktor 🎓
• Xavier Woods
• Zack Ryder

WWE MAIN ROSTER WOMEN'S DIVISION 2014:

• AJ Lee
• Alicia Fox
• Brie Bella
• Cameron
• Emma 🎓
• Eva Marie
• Layla
• Naomi
• Natalya
• Nikki Bella
• Paige 🎓
• Rosa Mendes
• Summer Rae
• Tamina Snuka

2014 WWE NXT ROSTER LIST:

Below is the complete WWE NXT roster for 2014 as of the end of the calendar year. Wrestlers called up to the main roster are listed under their final main roster section instead of being duplicated here.

WWE NXT MEN'S ROSTER 2014:

• Adrian Neville
• Aiden English
• Angelo Dawkins
• Baron Corbin
• Buddy Murphy ★ (signed in 2013; made his WWE/NXT television debut in 2014)
• Bull Dempsey
• CJ Parker
• Colin Cassady / Big Cass
• Dash Wilder ★ (made his WWE/NXT television debut in 2014)
• Elias Samson ★ (signed to WWE in 2014; made his WWE/NXT television debut in 2014)
• Enzo Amore
• Finn Balor ★🏷️ (formerly Prince Devitt)
• Hideo Itami ★🏷️ (formerly KENTA)
• Jason Jordan
• Kalisto
• Kevin Owens ★🏷️ (formerly Kevin Steen)
• Marcus Louis ★ (signed in 2013; made his WWE/NXT television debut in 2014)
• Mojo Rawley
• Sami Zayn
• Sawyer Fulton
• Scott Dawson
• Simon Gotch ★ (signed in 2013; made his WWE/NXT television debut in 2014)
• Steve Cutler ★ (recruited into the WWE Performance Center in 2014; made his WWE/NXT television debut in 2014)
• Sylvester Lefort
• Tye Dillinger
• Tyler Breeze
• Wesley Blake ★ (signed in 2013; made his WWE/NXT television debut in 2014)

WWE NXT WOMEN'S ROSTER 2014:

• Alexa Bliss ★ (signed in 2013; made her WWE television debut in 2014)
• Bayley
• Becky Lynch ★ (signed in 2013; made her WWE television debut in 2014)
• Carmella ★ (signed in 2013; made her WWE/NXT television debut in 2014)
• Charlotte Flair
• Sasha Banks

WWE PERFORMANCE CENTER DEVELOPMENTAL PROSPECTS - MEN'S DIVISION 2014:

• Adam Scherr ⏳ (signed in 2013; appeared as a Rosebud extra and debuted at NXT live events in 2014, but had not debuted on WWE television as Braun Strowman by the end of the year)
• Chad Gable ⏳ (signed in 2013; still yet to debut on WWE television by the end of 2014)
• Hugo Knox ⏳ (signed in 2013; still yet to debut on WWE television by the end of 2014)
• Solomon Crowe ⏳ (signed in 2013; still yet to debut on WWE television by the end of 2014)

WWE PERFORMANCE CENTER DEVELOPMENTAL PROSPECTS - WOMEN'S DIVISION 2014:

• Dana Brooke ⏳ (signed in 2013; still yet to debut as a WWE television wrestler by the end of 2014)
• Liv Morgan ★⏳ (signed to WWE in 2014, but had not debuted on WWE television by the end of the year)
• Nia Jax ★⏳ (signed to WWE in 2014, but had not debuted on WWE television by the end of the year)

NO BRAND OR NON-EXCLUSIVE WWE FREE AGENTS IN 2014:

The following WWE Superstars were signed to the roster, but were not cleanly assigned to the regular main roster or NXT due to part-time status, injury, inactivity, storyline free agency or special attraction appearances.

2014 WWE FREE AGENTS (MEN'S DIVISION):

• Rob Van Dam 🪃
• Sting ★
• The Rock 🪃
• The Undertaker
• Triple H

WWE OTHER ON-SCREEN CHARACTERS 2014 LIST:

2014 WWE MANAGERS & VALETS LIST:

• Jamie Noble 👔 (producer/retired wrestler → on-screen security for The Authority)
• Joey Mercury 👔 (producer/retired wrestler → on-screen security for The Authority)
• Lana 🎓
• Paul Heyman
• Rosa Mendes
• Zeb Colter

2014 WWE AUTHORITY FIGURES LIST:

• Brad Maddox (Raw General Manager through May 26, 2014)
• Corporate Kane (WWE Director of Operations)
• John "Bradshaw" Layfield (NXT General Manager until August 28, 2014)
• Stephanie McMahon (The Authority)
• Triple H (WWE COO / The Authority)
• Vickie Guerrero (SmackDown General Manager through June 23, 2014)
• William Regal (NXT General Manager from August 28, 2014)

2014 WWE ANNOUNCERS, INTERVIEWERS & OTHER ON-SCREEN PERSONALITIES LIST:

• Alex Riley (NXT commentator)
• Byron Saxton (NXT commentator)
• Corey Graves 👔 (wrestler → NXT commentator)
• Devin Taylor (NXT backstage interviewer)
• Eden Stiles (ring announcer)
• Jason Albert (NXT commentator / trainer)
• Jerry "The King" Lawler (commentator)
• JoJo (NXT ring announcer)
• Josh Mathews (commentator / host / interviewer)
• Justin Roberts (ring announcer)
• Lilian Garcia (ring announcer)
• Michael Cole (commentator)
• Renee Young (interviewer / pre-show host)
• Rich Brennan (NXT commentator)
• Tom Phillips (commentator)
• Tony Chimel (ring announcer)

LIST OF WRESTLERS & SUPERSTARS RELEASED FROM WWE IN 2014:

The following names were released, quit, retired from active in-ring competition, had contracts expire or otherwise departed WWE during the 2014 roster year.

WWE RELEASES 2014 - MEN'S DIVISION:

• Alberto Del Rio
• Brodus Clay
• Camacho
• CM Punk
• Curt Hawkins
• Danny Burch / Martin Stone
• Drew McIntyre
• Evan Bourne
• Ezekiel Jackson
• Garrett Dylan
• The Great Khali
• Jinder Mahal
• JTG
• Mac Miles ★ (made his WWE/NXT television debut in 2014; released in 2014)
• Mason Ryan
• Oliver Grey
• Ricardo Rodriguez / El Local
• Sin Cara (Luis Urive incarnation)
• Slate Randall (aka Shaun Ricker)
• Travis Tyler
• Troy McClain
• Yoshi Tatsu

WWE RELEASES 2014 - WOMEN'S DIVISION:

• Aksana
• Dani Jax ★⏳ (signed to WWE in 2014; released before making her WWE television debut)
• Kaitlyn
• Kendall Skye
• Raquel Diaz / Shaul Guerrero
• Veronica Lane

OTHER WWE DEPARTURES 2014:

• Eugene (coach)
• Josh Mathews (commentator/host/interviewer)
• Justin Roberts (ring announcer)
• Marc Harris (referee)
• Mickey Keegan (producer)
• Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat (ambassador)
• Teddy Long (authority figure)
• Tony Garea (producer)
• Vickie Guerrero (SmackDown General Manager)

Am I missing any information? If so, leave a comment below!