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WWE Superstars list for the 2020 roster of wrestlers from Raw, SmackDown, NXT, NXT UK, 205 Live and more!

This archived page tracks the World Wrestling Entertainment roster for 2020, including WWE Superstars, brand assignments, free agents, WWE 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 2020.

★ indicates a brand-new WWE signing, recruit, developmental prospect or first-time official/on-screen WWE roster member for 2020.

⇄ indicates a Raw/SmackDown brand trade, WWE Draft move, Superstar Shake-up move or roster transfer during 2020.

🪃 indicates a returning WWE Superstar who came back to the company during 2020.

👔 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 2020.

🏷️ indicates a wrestler or on-screen personality who changed their WWE ring name, gimmick name or on-screen name during 2020.

This historical roster list reflects WWE roster trades, the 2020 WWE Draft, WWE releases in 2020, developmental call-ups, free agents and other movement from the year.

2020 WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW ROSTER LIST:

Below is the complete WWE Raw roster for 2020 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 2020:

• AJ Styles ⇄
• Akira Tozawa
• Angel Garza
• Bobby Lashley
• Braun Strowman ⇄
• Bray Wyatt / The Fiend ⇄
• Cedric Alexander
• Dabba-Kato 🏷️ (formerly Babatunde)
• Drew Gulak ⇄
• Drew McIntyre
• Elias ⇄
• Erik
• Gran Metalik ⇄
• Humberto Carrillo
• Jaxson Ryker ⇄
• Jeff Hardy ⇄
• John Morrison ⇄
• Keith Lee 🎓
• Kofi Kingston ⇄
• Lince Dorado ⇄
• Mace 🎓🏷️ (formerly Dio Maddin)
• Riddle 🎓⇄🏷️ (formerly Matt Riddle)
• The Miz ⇄
• MVP 🪃👔 (returning wrestler → wrestler / Hurt Business manager)
• Mustafa Ali
• Omos ★ (signed to WWE before 2020; made his WWE television debut in 2020 as AJ Styles' associate)
• Randy Orton
• Ricochet
• Riddick Moss
• R-Truth
• Sheamus ⇄
• Shelton Benjamin
• Slapjack 🎓🏷️ (formerly Shane Thorne)
• T-Bar 🎓🏷️ (formerly Dominik Dijakovic)
• Titus O'Neil
• Tucker Knight ⇄
• Xavier Woods ⇄

WWE RAW WOMEN'S ROSTER 2020:

• Alexa Bliss ⇄
• Asuka
• Charlotte Flair
• Dana Brooke ⇄
• Lacey Evans ⇄
• Lana
• Mandy Rose ⇄
• Naomi ⇄
• Nia Jax
• Nikki Cross ⇄
• Peyton Royce
• Reckoning 🎓🏷️ (formerly Mia Yim)
• Shayna Baszler 🎓

2020 WWE FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN ROSTER LIST:

Below is the complete WWE SmackDown roster for 2020 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 2020:

• Aleister Black ⇄
• Angelo Dawkins ⇄
• Apollo Crews ⇄
• Big E
• Cesaro
• Chad Gable 🏷️ (formerly Shorty G)
• Daniel Bryan
• Dolph Ziggler ⇄
• Dominik Mysterio ★ (made his in-ring WWE debut in 2020)
• Jey Uso
• Jimmy Uso
• Kalisto
• Kevin Owens ⇄
• King Corbin / Baron Corbin
• Lars Sullivan
• Montez Ford ⇄
• Murphy ⇄
• Otis Dozovic / El Gran Gordo 🏷️
• Rey Mysterio ⇄
• Robert Roode ⇄
• Roman Reigns
• Sami Zayn
• Seth Rollins ⇄
• Shinsuke Nakamura
• Steve Cutler
• Wesley Blake

WWE SMACKDOWN WOMEN'S ROSTER 2020:

• Bayley
• Bianca Belair 🎓⇄
• Billie Kay ⇄
• Carmella
• Chelsea Green 🎓
• Liv Morgan ⇄
• Natalya ⇄
• Ruby Riott ⇄
• Sasha Banks
• Tamina

2020 WWE NXT ROSTER LIST:

This section covers the complete NXT roster for 2020, along with the WWE developmental pipeline within the WWE Performance Center training system.

The NXT men's and women's divisions are the top level. This page also groups 205 Live talent into the NXT/developmental structure because the 205 Live roster heavily overlapped with NXT during the 2020 roster year.

WWE NXT MEN'S ROSTER 2020:

• Adam Cole
• Ariya Daivari
• Arturo Ruas ⇄ (drafted to Raw; moved back to NXT)
• Ashante "Thee" Adonis 🏷️ (formerly Tehuti Miles)
• August Grey ★🏷️ (formerly Anthony Greene)
• Austin Theory 🎓⇄ (moved Raw → NXT)
• Boa
• Bobby Fish
• The Brian Kendrick
• Bronson Reed
• Cameron Grimes
• Chase Parker
• Curt Stallion ★
• Damian Priest
• Danny Burch
• Desmond Troy
• Dexter Lumis
• Drake Maverick 🪃
• Fandango
• Finn Balor
• Isaiah "Swerve" Scott
• Jake Atlas ★
• Joaquin Wilde
• Johnny Gargano
• Karrion Kross ★🏷️ (formerly Killer Kross)
• Killian Dain
• Kona Reeves
• Kushida
• Kyle O'Reilly
• Leon Ruff ★
• Mansoor
• Matt Martel
• Oney Lorcan
• Pat McAfee ★ (celebrity wrestler / special attraction; first WWE match in 2020)
• Pete Dunne ⇄
• Raul Mendoza
• Ridge Holland ⇄
• Rinku Singh
• Roderick Strong
• Samir Singh
• Santos Escobar ★🏷️ (formerly El Hijo del Fantasma)
• Saurav Gurjar
• Sunil Singh
• Timothy Thatcher ★
• Tino Sabbatelli 🪃
• Tommaso Ciampa
• Brendan Vink 🏷️ (formerly Tony Modra)
• Tony Nese
• Tyler Breeze
• Tyler Rust ★🏷️ (formerly Russ Taylor; signed in 2020 and made his WWE television debut in 2020)
• Velveteen Dream

WWE NXT WOMEN'S ROSTER 2020:

• Aliyah
• Candice LeRae
• Dakota Kai
• Ember Moon
• Indi Hartwell ★ (signed in 2019; made her NXT television roster debut in 2020)
• Io Shirai
• Jessi Kamea
• Kacy Catanzaro
• Karen Q
• Kavita Devi
• Kayden Carter
• Mercedes Martinez ★
• Raquel Gonzalez
• Rhea Ripley
• Santana Garrett
• Scarlett Bordeaux ★ (signed before 2020; made her WWE television debut in 2020)
• Shotzi Blackheart
• Tegan Nox
• Toni Storm ⇄
• Vanessa Borne
• Xia Li

2020 WWE NXT UK ROSTER LIST:

This section covers the complete NXT UK roster for 2020.

WWE NXT UK MEN'S ROSTER 2020:

• A-Kid
• Alexander Wolfe
• Amir Jordan
• Ashton Smith
• Ben Carter ★⏳ (signed in 2020; WWE television debut took place in 2021)
• Dave Mastiff
• Eddie Dennis
• Fabian Aichner
• Flash Morgan Webster
• Ilja Dragunov
• Jack Starz
• James Drake
• Joe Coffey
• Jordan Devlin
• Joseph Conners
• Kenny Williams
• Levi Muir
• Lewis Howley
• Marcel Barthel
• Mark Andrews
• Mark Coffey
• Noam Dar
• Oliver Carter
• Primate Jay Melrose
• Rampage Brown ★
• Sam Gradwell
• Sam Stoker
• Saxon Huxley
• Trent Seven
• Tyler Bate
• Tyson T-Bone
• WALTER
• Wild Boar Mike Hitchman
• Wolfgang
• Zack Gibson

WWE NXT UK WOMEN'S ROSTER 2020:

• Aleah James
• Amale
• Aoife Valkyrie
• Candy Floss
• Dani Luna
• Isla Dawn
• Jinny
• Kay Lee Ray
• Nina Samuels
• Piper Niven
• Xia Brookside

2020 WWE PERFORMANCE CENTER RECRUITS LIST:

The following WWE Performance Center recruits were signed or listed in the developmental system during 2020, but had not yet settled into a regular NXT television roster slot by the end of the year.

WWE PERFORMANCE CENTER RECRUITS - MEN'S DIVISION 2020:

• Alex Brandenburg / Alex Zayne ★⏳ (signed in 2020; had not debuted on WWE television by the end of the year)
• Anthony Francis / AJ Francis ★⏳ (signed in 2020; had not debuted on WWE television by the end of the year)
• Cal Bloom ★ (signed in 2019; made his WWE television debut in 2020)
• Dezmond Xavier ★⏳ (signed in 2020; had not debuted on WWE television by the end of the year)
• EJ Nduka ⏳ (signed before 2020; still yet to debut on WWE television by the end of 2020)
• Gurvinder Singh ★⏳
• Jacob Kasper ★⏳
• Jeet Rama ⏳ (signed before 2020; still yet to debut on WWE television by the end of 2020)
• Joe Gacy ★⏳ (signed in 2020; had not debuted on WWE television by the end of the year)
• Josh Briggs ★⏳ (signed in 2020; had not debuted on WWE television by the end of the year)
• Laxmi Kant Rajpoot ★⏳
• Odyssey Jones / Omari Palmer ⏳ (signed before 2020; still yet to debut on WWE television by the end of 2020)
• Rik Bugez
• Sojiru "Ikemen" Higuchi ★⏳
• Sukhwinder Grewal ★⏳
• Xyon Quinn / Daniel Vidot ⏳ (signed before 2020; still yet to debut on WWE television by the end of 2020)
• Zachary Wentz ★⏳ (signed in 2020; had not debuted on WWE television by the end of the year)
• Zechariah Smith ★⏳

WWE PERFORMANCE CENTER RECRUITS - WOMEN'S DIVISION 2020:

• Anriel Howard ★⏳
• Briana Brandy ★ (signed before 2020; made a WWE television appearance in 2020)
• Carolina / Catalina Garcia
• Emily Andzulis ★ (signed in 2020; made her WWE television debut in 2020)
• Sareee ★⏳ (signed in 2020; WWE television debut took place in 2021)
• Simone Johnson ★⏳
• Skyler Story ★🏷️ (formerly Brandi Lauren; signed in 2020)
• Valentina Feroz ★🏷️ (formerly Rita Reis; signed before 2020; made her WWE television debut in 2020)

NO BRAND OR NON-EXCLUSIVE WWE FREE AGENTS IN 2020:

The following WWE Superstars were signed to the roster in 2020, but were not assigned to a full-time brand by the end of the year. They could appear on Raw, SmackDown, NXT or other WWE programming at random.

2020 WWE FREE AGENTS (MEN'S DIVISION):

• Andrade
• Big Show
• Bo Dallas
• Edge 🪃
• Goldberg
• Ivar
• Jinder Mahal
• John Cena
• Kane
• Mojo Rawley
• Samoa Joe 👔 (wrestler → Raw commentator / inactive wrestler)
• Triple H
• The Undertaker 👔 (wrestler → retired legend)

2020 WWE FREE AGENTS (WOMEN'S DIVISION):

• Becky Lynch
• Jessamyn Duke
• Marina Shafir
• Mickie James
• Ronda Rousey
• Sonya Deville

WWE OTHER ON-SCREEN CHARACTERS 2020 LIST:

2020 WWE MANAGERS & VALETS LIST:

• Eddie Dennis
• Lana
• Malcolm Bivens
• MVP 🪃👔 (returning wrestler → wrestler / Hurt Business manager)
• Paul Heyman
• Reginald Thomas / Reginald ★ (Carmella's sommelier)
• Ric Flair (Randy Orton storyline)
• Robert Stone
• Scarlett Bordeaux ★ (signed before 2020; made her WWE television debut in 2020)
• Zelina Vega (manager of Andrade and Angel Garza until November 2020 release)

2020 WWE AUTHORITY FIGURES LIST:

• Adam Pearce (WWE Official for Raw and SmackDown)
• Johnny Saint (NXT UK General Manager)
• Pat Buck (WWE Official)
• Shane McMahon (Raw Underground host)
• Sid Scala (Assistant to NXT UK General Manager)
• Stephanie McMahon (WWE corporate authority figure)
• Triple H (WWE COO / NXT corporate authority figure)
• Vince McMahon (WWE Chairman)
• William Regal (NXT General Manager)

2020 WWE RANDOM CHARACTERS, CAMEOS & OTHER ON-SCREEN PERSONALITIES LIST:

• Aalyah Mysterio (Mysterio family storyline)
• Jake Clemons ★ (Performance Center referee recruit)
• Rob Gronkowski ★ (WrestleMania 36 host and 24/7 Champion)

LIST OF WRESTLERS & SUPERSTARS RELEASED FROM WWE IN 2020:

WWE RELEASES 2020 - MEN'S DIVISION:

• Aiden English
• Akam
• Aleksandar Jaksic
• Brock Lesnar (contract expired)
• Cain Velasquez
• Cezar Bononi
• Curt Hawkins
• Curtis Axel
• Dash Wilder
• Dorian Mak
• Drake Maverick (released April 15; re-signed June 3, 2020)
• EC3
• Edgar Lopez
• Epico Colon
• Eric Young
• Erick Rowan
• Faisal Kurdi
• Gentleman Jack Gallagher
• Heath Slater
• Hussain Aldagal
• Karl Anderson
• Kassius Ohno
• Kurt Angle (producer / Hall of Famer)
• Ligero
• Lio Rush
• Luke Gallows
• Marcos Gomes
• Mars Wang
• Matt Hardy
• Mike Kanellis
• Mike Chioda (referee)
• Mohamed Fahim
• Nick Ogarelli
• No Way Jose
• Primo Colon
• Rezar
• Rocky
• Rusev
• Scott Dawson
• Tino Sabbatelli (released April 15; re-signed later in 2020)
• Travis Banks
• Zack Ryder

WWE RELEASES 2020 - WOMEN'S DIVISION:

• Deonna Purrazzo
• Jazzy Gabert
• Kairi Sane (departed active roster / returned to Japan, not released)
• Killer Kelly
• Maria Kanellis
• MJ Jenkins
• Rachel Evers
• Sarah Logan
• Serena Deeb (Performance Center coach)
• Taynara Conti
• Zelina Vega

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