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WWE Superstars list for the 2018 roster of wrestlers from Raw, SmackDown, NXT, NXT UK, 205 Live and more!

This archived page tracks the World Wrestling Entertainment roster for 2018, including WWE Superstars, brand assignments, free agents, developmental wrestlers, 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 Raw/SmackDown brand trade, draft move 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 debuted on WWE television by the end of that year.

This historical roster list reflects WWE roster trades, the 2018 Superstar Shake-up, WWE releases in 2018, developmental call-ups, free agents and other movement from the year.

2018 WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW ROSTER LIST:

Below is the complete WWE Raw roster for 2018 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 2018:

• Akam 🎓
• Apollo Crews
• Baron Corbin ⇄👔 (SmackDown wrestler → Raw Constable / acting General Manager)
• Bo Dallas
• Bobby Lashley 🪃
• Bobby Roode ⇄
• Braun Strowman
• Bray Wyatt
• Chad Gable ⇄
• Curt Hawkins
• Curtis Axel
• Dash Wilder
• Dean Ambrose
• Dolph Ziggler ⇄
• Drew McIntyre 🎓
• Elias
• Fandango ⇄
• Finn Balor
• Gran Metalik
• Heath Slater
• Jinder Mahal ⇄
• Kalisto
• Kevin Owens ⇄
• Konnor ⇄
• Lince Dorado
• Lio Rush
• Mojo Rawley ⇄
• No Way Jose 🎓
• Rezar 🎓
• Rhyno
• Roman Reigns (on medical leave after relinquishing the Universal Championship on October 22, 2018)
• Sami Zayn ⇄
• Scott Dawson
• Seth Rollins
• Titus O'Neil
• Tyler Breeze ⇄
• Viktor ⇄
• Zack Ryder ⇄

WWE RAW WOMEN'S ROSTER 2018:

• Alexa Bliss
• Alicia Fox
• Bayley
• Dana Brooke
• Ember Moon 🎓
• Liv Morgan ⇄
• Mickie James
• Natalya ⇄
• Nia Jax
• Ronda Rousey ★
• Ruby Riott ⇄
• Sarah Logan ⇄
• Sasha Banks
• Tamina

2018 WWE SMACKDOWN ROSTER LIST:

Below is the complete WWE SmackDown roster for 2018 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 2018:

• Aiden English
• AJ Styles
• Alexander Wolfe 🎓
• Andrade "Cien" Almas 🎓
• Big E
• Cesaro ⇄
• Daniel Bryan 👔 (SmackDown General Manager → active wrestler)
• Eric Young 🎓
• Harper
• Jeff Hardy ⇄
• Jey Uso
• Jimmy Uso
• Karl Anderson ⇄
• Killian Dain 🎓
• Kofi Kingston
• Luke Gallows ⇄
• The Miz ⇄
• Mustafa Ali ⇄
• Primo Colon
• R-Truth ⇄
• Randy Orton
• Rey Mysterio 🪃
• Rowan (injured from August 2018)
• Rusev
• Samoa Joe ⇄
• Shane McMahon
• Sheamus ⇄
• Shelton Benjamin
• Shinsuke Nakamura
• Sin Cara
• Tye Dillinger
• Xavier Woods

WWE SMACKDOWN WOMEN'S ROSTER 2018:

• Asuka ⇄
• Becky Lynch
• Billie Kay 🎓
• Carmella
• Charlotte Flair
• Lana
• Mandy Rose ⇄
• Naomi
• Peyton Royce 🎓
• Sonya Deville ⇄
• Zelina Vega 🎓

2018 WWE NXT ROSTER LIST:

Below is the complete WWE NXT roster for 2018 as of December 31. 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 2018:

• Adam Cole
• Aleister Black
• Angelo Dawkins
• Bobby Fish
• Cezar Bononi
• Danny Burch
• Dominik Dijakovic ★ (signed in 2017; made his WWE television debut in 2018)
• EC3 ★🪃🏷️ (formerly Derrick Bateman)
• Fabian Aichner
• Hanson ★
• Jaxson Ryker
• Johnny Gargano
• Kassius Ohno
• Keith Lee ★
• Kona Reeves
• Kyle O'Reilly
• Lars Sullivan
• Luke Menzies ★
• Matt Riddle ★
• Montez Ford
• Oney Lorcan
• Otis Dozovic
• Pete Dunne
• Punishment Martinez ★
• Raul Mendoza
• Ricochet ★
• Roderick Strong
• Rowe ★
• Shane Thorne
• Steve Cutler
• Tommaso Ciampa
• Tucker Knight
• Velveteen Dream
• Wesley Blake

WWE NXT WOMEN'S ROSTER 2018:

• Aliyah
• Bianca Belair
• Candice LeRae ★
• Dakota Kai
• Deonna Purrazzo ★
• Io Shirai ★
• Jessamyn Duke ★
• Kacy Catanzaro ★
• Kairi Sane
• Lacey Evans
• Lacey Lane ★
• Marina Shafir ★
• Mia Yim ★
• Nikki Cross
• Reina Gonzalez
• Shayna Baszler
• Taynara Conti
• Tegan Nox ★ (signed in 2017; made her WWE television debut in 2018)
• Vanessa Borne
• Xia Li

WWE PERFORMANCE CENTER RECRUITS 2018 - MEN'S DIVISION:

• Daniel Vidot ★⏳
• Denzel Dejournette ★⏳
• Jordan Omogbehin ★⏳
• Nasser Alruwayeh ★⏳
• Rinku Singh ★⏳
• Saurav Gurjar ★⏳
• Stacey Ervin Jr. ★⏳
• Taishan Dong ★⏳

WWE PERFORMANCE CENTER RECRUITS 2018 - WOMEN'S DIVISION:

• Chelsea Green ★⏳
• Kavita Devi ★ (officially joined the WWE Performance Center in 2018; previously appeared in the Mae Young Classic)
• MJ Jenkins ★ (appeared in the 2018 Mae Young Classic)
• Shadia Bseiso ★⏳

2018 WWE NXT UK ROSTER LIST:

Below is the complete WWE NXT UK roster for 2018 as of December 31. NXT UK launched as a WWE developmental brand during the year.

WWE NXT UK MEN'S ROSTER 2018:

• Amir Jordan ★
• Ashton Smith ★
• Dave Mastiff ★
• Eddie Dennis ★
• Flash Morgan Webster ★
• Jack Starz ★
• James Drake
• Joe Coffey ★
• Jordan Devlin
• Joseph Conners
• Kenny Williams ★
• Ligero ★
• Mark Andrews
• Mark Coffey ★
• Pete Dunne
• Sam Gradwell
• Saxon Huxley
• Travis Banks ★
• Trent Seven
• Tyler Bate
• Tyson T-Bone
• WALTER ★⏳ (signed in 2018; had not debuted on WWE television by the end of the year)
• "Wild Boar" Mike Hitchman ★
• Wolfgang
• Zack Gibson ★

WWE NXT UK WOMEN'S ROSTER 2018:

• Isla Dawn ★
• Jinny ★
• Killer Kelly ★
• Nina Samuels ★
• Rhea Ripley ⇄
• Toni Storm ★
• Xia Brookside ★

2018 WWE 205 LIVE ROSTER LIST:

Below is the WWE 205 Live roster for 2018 as of December 31. Some cruiserweight wrestlers may be listed under Raw, SmackDown or NXT instead when that better reflects their final roster placement.

WWE 205 LIVE ROSTER 2018:

• Akira Tozawa
• Ariya Daivari
• The Brian Kendrick
• Buddy Murphy ⇄
• Cedric Alexander
• Drew Gulak
• Gentleman Jack Gallagher
• Gran Metalik
• Hideo Itami
• Humberto Carrillo ★ (signed in 2018; made his WWE television debut in 2018)
• Kalisto
• Lince Dorado
• Lio Rush
• Mike Kanellis ⇄
• Noam Dar
• TJP
• Tony Nese

NO BRAND OR NON-EXCLUSIVE WWE FREE AGENTS IN 2018:

The following WWE Superstars were signed to the roster as of December 31, 2018, but were not cleanly assigned to Raw, SmackDown, NXT or another specific brand due to part-time status, injury, inactivity, storyline free agency, draft status or special attraction appearances.

2018 WWE FREE AGENTS (MEN'S DIVISION):

• Batista 🪃
• Big Show
• Brock Lesnar
• Goldberg
• John Cena
• Kane
• Kurt Angle
• Matt Hardy (inactive after September 2018)
• Triple H
• The Undertaker

2018 WWE FREE AGENTS (WOMEN'S DIVISION):

• Beth Phoenix
• Brie Bella 🪃
• Maryse
• Nikki Bella 🪃
• Trish Stratus 🪃

WWE OTHER ON-SCREEN CHARACTERS 2018 LIST:

2018 WWE MANAGERS & VALETS LIST:

• Drake Maverick 👔 (205 Live General Manager → manager of AOP)
• Lana (manager of Rusev)
• Lio Rush (manager of Bobby Lashley)
• Maryse (manager of The Miz)
• Paul Heyman (manager of Brock Lesnar)
• Zelina Vega (manager of Andrade "Cien" Almas)

2018 WWE AUTHORITY FIGURES LIST:

• Baron Corbin 👔 (Raw Constable from June 2018; Acting Raw General Manager from August 20 to December 16, 2018)
• Drake Maverick (205 Live General Manager from January 30, 2018)
• Johnny Saint (NXT UK General Manager from June 2018)
• Kurt Angle (Raw General Manager through August 20, 2018)
• Paige 👔 (wrestler → SmackDown General Manager from April 10, 2018; position ended December 18, 2018)
• Shane McMahon (SmackDown LIVE Commissioner / WWE authority figure)
• Sid Scala (assistant to the NXT UK General Manager by late 2018)
• Stephanie McMahon (Raw Commissioner / WWE corporate authority figure)
• Triple H (WWE COO / NXT corporate authority figure)
• William Regal (NXT General Manager)

LIST OF WRESTLERS & SUPERSTARS RELEASED FROM WWE IN 2018:

The following WWE Superstars were released, quit, retired, had their contracts expire, or were otherwise moved off the active WWE roster during 2018.

WWE RELEASES 2018 - MEN'S DIVISION:

• Amanpreet Singh
• Big Cass
• Demetrius Bronson
• Enzo Amore
• Gabriel Ealy
• James Ellsworth
• Kishan Raftar
• Ming / Cheng Yuxiang
• Neville
• Nick Miller
• Nicolai Salchow ★⏳ (signed in 2018; released before making his WWE television debut)
• Rich Swann
• Tian Bing
• Uriel Ealy

WWE RELEASES 2018 - WOMEN'S DIVISION:

• Abbey Laith
• Christy St. Cloud
• Sage Beckett
• Zeda

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