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WWE Superstars list for the 2019 roster of wrestlers from Raw, SmackDown, NXT, NXT UK, 205 Live and more!

This archived page tracks the World Wrestling Entertainment roster for 2019, including WWE Superstars, brand assignments, free agents, developmental wrestlers, Performance Center recruits, managers, authority figures, releases and other on-screen roster changes from that calendar year.

LEGEND:

🎓 indicates an NXT, NXT UK, 205 Live, developmental or WWE Performance Center call-up to a higher roster level during 2019.

★ indicates a brand-new WWE signing, recruit, developmental prospect or first-time official/on-screen WWE roster member for 2019.

⇄ indicates a Raw/SmackDown brand trade, WWE Draft move, Superstar Shake-up move or roster transfer during 2019.

🪃 indicates a returning WWE Superstar who came back to the company during 2019.

👔 indicates a notable role change during 2019, with the role transition listed inline.

⏳ indicates a WWE signing, recruit or developmental prospect who had not debuted on WWE television by the end of 2019.

🏷️ indicates a wrestler or on-screen personality who changed their WWE ring name, gimmick name or on-screen name during 2019.

This historical roster list reflects WWE roster trades, the 2019 Superstar Shake-up, the 2019 WWE Draft, WWE releases in 2019, developmental call-ups, free agents and other movement from the year.

2019 WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW ROSTER LIST:

Below is the complete WWE Raw roster for 2019 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 2019:

• AJ Styles ⇄
• Akam
• Akira Tozawa 🎓⇄
• Aleister Black 🎓⇄
• Andrade ⇄
• Angelo Dawkins 🎓⇄
• Bobby Lashley
• Brock Lesnar ⇄
• Buddy Murphy 🎓⇄
• Cedric Alexander 🎓⇄
• Curt Hawkins
• Drew McIntyre
• EC3 🎓
• Eric Young ⇄
• Erick Rowan ⇄
• Erik 🎓🏷️ (formerly Rowe)
• Humberto Carrillo ★🎓⇄ (signed in 2018; joined 205 Live in 2019 before moving to Raw)
• Ivar 🎓🏷️ (formerly Hanson)
• Jinder Mahal ⇄
• Karl Anderson
• Kevin Owens ⇄
• Luke Gallows
• Mojo Rawley
• Montez Ford 🎓⇄
• No Way Jose
• R-Truth ⇄
• Randy Orton ⇄
• Rey Mysterio ⇄
• Rezar
• Ricochet 🎓⇄
• Rusev
• Samoa Joe ⇄
• Seth Rollins
• Shelton Benjamin ⇄
• Titus O'Neil
• Zack Ryder

WWE RAW WOMEN'S ROSTER 2019:

• Asuka ⇄
• Becky Lynch
• Billie Kay ⇄
• Charlotte Flair ⇄
• Kairi Sane 🎓⇄
• Lana
• Liv Morgan ⇄
• Natalya
• Peyton Royce ⇄
• Sarah Logan

2019 WWE FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN ROSTER LIST:

Below is the complete WWE SmackDown roster for 2019 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 2019:

• Ali 🏷️ (formerly Mustafa Ali)
• Apollo Crews ⇄
• Big E
• Bo Dallas ⇄
• Braun Strowman ⇄
• Bray Wyatt / The Fiend 🏷️⇄ (formerly Bray Wyatt)
• Cesaro ⇄
• Curtis Axel ⇄
• Daniel Bryan
• Dash Wilder ⇄
• Dolph Ziggler ⇄
• Drake Maverick 🎓⇄
• Drew Gulak 🎓⇄
• Elias ⇄
• Gran Metalik 🎓⇄
• Heath Slater ⇄
• Kalisto 🎓⇄
• King Corbin 🏷️⇄ (formerly Baron Corbin)
• Kofi Kingston
• Lince Dorado 🎓⇄
• The Miz ⇄
• Otis 🎓⇄
• Robert Roode 🏷️⇄ (formerly Bobby Roode)
• Roman Reigns ⇄
• Sami Zayn ⇄
• Scott Dawson ⇄
• Shinsuke Nakamura
• Shorty G 🏷️⇄ (formerly Chad Gable)
• Tucker 🎓⇄
• Xavier Woods

WWE SMACKDOWN WOMEN'S ROSTER 2019:

• Alexa Bliss ⇄
• Bayley ⇄
• Carmella ⇄
• Dana Brooke ⇄
• Lacey Evans 🎓⇄
• Mandy Rose
• Nikki Cross 🎓⇄
• Sasha Banks ⇄
• Sonya Deville
• Tamina ⇄

2019 WWE NXT ROSTER LIST:

Below is the complete WWE NXT roster for 2019 as of December 31. Wrestlers called up to the main roster are listed under their final main roster section instead of being duplicated here.

The WWE Performance Center recruits section below covers developmental signings and prospects who were part of the WWE developmental pipeline in 2019 but had not moved into a regular televised NXT roster role by the end of the year.

WWE NXT MEN'S ROSTER 2019:

• Adam Cole
• Angel Garza ★
• Arturo Ruas 🏷️ (formerly Adrian Jaoude)
• Austin Theory ★
• Babatunde
• Boa
• Bobby Fish
• Brendan Vink ★
• Bronson Reed ★
• Cameron Grimes ★
• Cezar Bononi
• Chase Parker ★
• Damian Priest
• Danny Burch
• Dexter Lumis ★
• Dominik Dijakovic
• Fandango ⇄
• Finn Balor ⇄
• Isaiah "Swerve" Scott ★
• Jaxson Ryker
• Joaquin Wilde ★
• Johnny Gargano
• Keith Lee
• Killian Dain ⇄
• Kona Reeves
• Kushida ★
• Kyle O'Reilly
• Mansoor
• Matt Martel ★
• Matt Riddle
• Oney Lorcan
• Pete Dunne ⇄
• Raul Mendoza
• Riddick Moss
• Roderick Strong
• Shane Thorne
• Steve Cutler
• Tommaso Ciampa
• Tyler Breeze ⇄
• Velveteen Dream
• Wesley Blake

WWE NXT WOMEN'S ROSTER 2019:

• Aliyah
• Bianca Belair
• Candice LeRae
• Chelsea Green
• Dakota Kai
• Deonna Purrazzo
• Io Shirai
• Jessamyn Duke
• Kacy Catanzaro
• Kayden Carter 🏷️ (formerly Lacey Lane)
• Marina Shafir
• Mia Yim
• Rachel Evers ★
• Reina Gonzalez
• Rhea Ripley ⇄
• Santana Garrett ★
• Shayna Baszler
• Taynara Conti
• Tegan Nox
• Vanessa Borne
• Xia Li

WWE PERFORMANCE CENTER RECRUITS - MEN'S DIVISION 2019:

• Aleksandar Jaksic ★⏳
• Cal Bloom ★⏳
• EJ Nduka ★⏳
• Jordan Omogbehin ⏳ (signed in 2018; still yet to debut on WWE television by the end of 2019)
• Marcos Gomes ★⏳
• Nick Comoroto ★⏳
• Omari Palmer ★⏳
• Robert Strauss ★⏳
• Stokely Hathaway ★⏳
• Tehuti Miles ★⏳

WWE PERFORMANCE CENTER RECRUITS - WOMEN'S DIVISION 2019:

• Briana Brandy ★⏳
• Karen Q ★ (signed in 2019; previously appeared in the Mae Young Classic)
• Rita Reis ★⏳

2019 WWE NXT UK ROSTER LIST:

Below is the complete WWE NXT UK roster for 2019 as of December 31.

WWE NXT UK MEN'S ROSTER 2019:

• A-Kid ★
• Alexander Wolfe ⇄
• Amir Jordan
• Ashton Smith
• Dave Mastiff
• Eddie Dennis
• Fabian Aichner ⇄
• Flash Morgan Webster
• Ilja Dragunov ★
• Jack Starz ★
• James Drake
• Joe Coffey
• Jordan Devlin
• Joseph Conners
• Kassius Ohno ⇄
• Kenny Williams
• Ligero
• Marcel Barthel ⇄
• Mark Andrews
• Mark Coffey
• Noam Dar ⇄
• Oliver Carter ★
• Primate ★
• Ridge Holland
• Sam Gradwell
• Sam Stoker ★
• Sid Scala
• Travis Banks
• Trent Seven
• Tyler Bate
• Tyson T-Bone
• WALTER ★
• Wild Boar
• Wolfgang
• Zack Gibson

WWE NXT UK WOMEN'S ROSTER 2019:

• Candy Floss
• Isla Dawn
• Jazzy Gabert ★
• Jinny
• Kay Lee Ray ★
• Killer Kelly
• Nina Samuels
• Piper Niven ★
• Toni Storm
• Xia Brookside

2019 WWE 205 LIVE ROSTER LIST:

Below is the WWE 205 Live roster for 2019 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 2019:

• Ariya Daivari
• The Brian Kendrick
• Gentleman Jack Gallagher
• Lio Rush
• Mike Kanellis
• Samir Singh
• Sunil Singh
• Tony Nese

NO BRAND OR NON-EXCLUSIVE WWE FREE AGENTS IN 2019:

The following WWE Superstars were signed to the roster as of December 31, 2019, 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.

2019 WWE FREE AGENTS (MEN'S DIVISION):

• Batista 🪃 (returned for WrestleMania 35; retired after WrestleMania 35)
• Big Show
• Cain Velasquez ★
• Epico Colon
• Goldberg 🪃
• Jeff Hardy
• Jey Uso ⇄
• Jimmy Uso ⇄
• John Cena
• Lars Sullivan 🎓
• Matt Hardy
• Primo Colon
• Sheamus
• The Undertaker
• Triple H

2019 WWE FREE AGENTS (WOMEN'S DIVISION):

• Beth Phoenix 🪃
• Ember Moon ⇄
• Maryse
• Mickie James ⇄
• Naomi ⇄
• Nia Jax
• Ruby Riott
• Trish Stratus 🪃

WWE OTHER ON-SCREEN CHARACTERS 2019 LIST:

2019 WWE MANAGERS & VALETS LIST:

• Carolina / Catalina Garcia ★ (Sin Cara)
• Lana (Bobby Lashley / Rusev)
• Maria Kanellis (Mike Kanellis)
• Paige (The Kabuki Warriors)
• Paul Heyman (Brock Lesnar)
• Samir Singh
• Sunil Singh
• Zelina Vega (Andrade)

2019 WWE AUTHORITY FIGURES LIST:

• Bruce Prichard 👔 (WWE backstage executive → SmackDown Executive Director from October 15, 2019)
• Drake Maverick (205 Live General Manager)
• Eric Bischoff 👔 (WWE Hall of Famer / television personality → SmackDown Executive Director from June 27, 2019 to October 15, 2019)
• Johnny Saint (NXT UK General Manager)
• Paul Heyman 👔 (Brock Lesnar manager → Raw Executive Director from June 27, 2019)
• Sid Scala (Assistant to the NXT UK General Manager)
• Triple H (WWE COO / NXT corporate authority figure)
• Vince McMahon (WWE Chairman)
• William Regal (NXT General Manager)

LIST OF WRESTLERS & SUPERSTARS RELEASED FROM WWE IN 2019:

The following WWE Superstars were released, quit, retired, had their contracts expire, or were otherwise moved off the active WWE roster during 2019.

WWE RELEASES 2019 - MEN'S DIVISION:

• Dean Ambrose
• Eric Bischoff (SmackDown Executive Director)
• Goldust
• Hideo Itami
• Jordan Myles ★🏷️ (formerly ACH)
• Konnor
• Luke Harper
• Nasser Alruwayeh ⏳
• Rhyno
• Ricardo Miller ★⏳
• Sin Cara
• Stacey Ervin Jr. ⏳
• TJP
• Tye Dillinger
• Viktor

WWE RELEASES 2019 - WOMEN'S DIVISION:

• Alicia Fox
• Dasha Fuentes (announcer/interviewer)
• Shadia Bseiso ⏳

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