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Which WWE Superstars were on the roster in 2022? Check out this definitive list of every wrestler who was on the Raw, SmackDown and NXT rosters as well as those who were free agents and WWE Performance Center recruits, plus managers, valets, authority figures, ambassadors, other non-wrestling on-screen roles, extras and releases.

This page tracks every wrestler in World Wrestling Entertainment who was employed throughout the year for 2022 on all the brands, as well as free agents, WWE Performance Center recruits, NIL athletes and non-wrestling on-screen roles such as authority figures, managers, valets, ambassadors and more.

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 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 yet 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 list is updated to reflect any roster trades, WWE releases in 2022, NXT call-ups, returns, signings and more.

2022 WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW ROSTER LIST:

Below is the complete WWE Raw roster for 2022, including the Raw men's and women's divisions featuring all active male and female WWE Superstars assigned to the red brand during the year.

WWE RAW MEN'S ROSTER 2022:

• AJ Styles
• Akira Tozawa
• Angelo Dawkins
• Austin Theory 🏷️ (temporarily Theory)
• Baron Corbin ⇄🏷️ (formerly Happy Corbin)
• Bobby Lashley
• Bronson Reed 🪃
• Cedric Alexander
• Chad Gable
• Cody Rhodes 🪃
• Damian Priest
• Dexter Lumis 🪃🎓
• Dolph Ziggler
• Dominik Mysterio
• Edge
• Elias / Ezekiel 🏷️
• Finn Balor
• Gable Steveson ★ (signed/NIL-drafted in 2021; made an on-screen WWE appearance in 2022)
• Johnny Gargano 🪃🎓
• Karl Anderson 🪃
• Kevin Owens
• Luke Gallows 🪃
• Matt Riddle 🏷️ (formerly Riddle)
• The Miz
• Montez Ford
• Mustafa Ali ⇄
• MVP 👔 (wrestler → manager of Omos)
• Omos
• Otis
• Randy Orton
• R-Truth
• Robert Roode
• Seth Rollins
• Shelton Benjamin
• Tommaso Ciampa 🎓🏷️ (temporarily Ciampa)

WWE RAW WOMEN'S ROSTER 2022:

• Alexa Bliss
• Asuka
• Bayley
• Becky Lynch
• Bianca Belair
• Candice LeRae 🪃🎓
• Carmella
• Dakota Kai 🪃🎓
• Dana Brooke
• Doudrop
• Iyo Sky 🎓🏷️ (formerly Io Shirai)
• Michin 🪃🏷️ (formerly Mia Yim)
• Nikki Cross 🏷️ (formerly Nikki A.S.H.)
• Rhea Ripley
• Tamina

2022 WWE FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN ROSTER LIST:

Below is the complete WWE SmackDown roster for 2022, including the SmackDown men's and women's divisions featuring all active male and female WWE Superstars assigned to the blue brand during the year.

WWE SMACKDOWN MEN'S ROSTER 2022:

• Angel Garza
• Ashante "Thee" Adonis 🪃
• Big E ⇄
• Braun Strowman 🪃
• Bray Wyatt 🪃
• Butch 🎓🏷️ (formerly Pete Dunne)
• Cruz Del Toro 🎓🏷️ (formerly Raul Mendoza)
• Drew Gulak
• Drew McIntyre
• Erik
• Giovanni Vinci 🎓🏷️ (formerly Fabian Aichner)
• Gunther 🎓🏷️ (formerly WALTER)
• Humberto Carrillo
• Ivar
• Jey Uso
• Jimmy Uso
• Jinder Mahal
• Joaquin Wilde 🎓
• Karrion Kross 🪃
• Kofi Kingston
• LA Knight 🎓👔🏷️ (wrestler → manager → wrestler; temporarily Max Dupri)
• Ludwig Kaiser 🎓🏷️ (formerly Marcel Barthel / Ludvig Kaiser)
• ma.cé 🏷️ (formerly Mace)
• Madcap Moss
• mån.sôör 🏷️ (formerly Mansoor)
• Rey Mysterio ⇄
• Rick Boogs
• Ricochet
• Ridge Holland
• Roman Reigns
• Sami Zayn
• Santos Escobar 🎓
• Shanky
• Sheamus
• Shinsuke Nakamura
• Solo Sikoa 🎓
• Top Dolla 🪃
• Uncle Howdy / Bo Dallas 🪃 (returned as Uncle Howdy)
• Xavier Woods

WWE SMACKDOWN WOMEN'S ROSTER 2022:

• Aliyah
• B-Fab 🪃
• Charlotte Flair
• Emma 🪃
• Lacey Evans ⇄
• Liv Morgan ⇄
• Maxxine Dupri ★🎓👔🏷️ (NXT recruit → manager; formerly Sofia Cromwell)
• Naomi
• Natalya
• Raquel Rodriguez 🎓🏷️ (formerly Raquel Gonzalez)
• Ronda Rousey 🪃
• Sasha Banks
• Scarlett 🪃
• Shayna Baszler
• Shotzi 🏷️ (formerly Shotzi Blackheart)
• Sonya Deville 👔 (WWE Official → wrestler)
• Tegan Nox 🪃
• Valhalla 🪃🏷️ (formerly Sarah Logan)
• Xia Li
• Zelina Vega ⇄

2022 WWE NXT ROSTER LIST:

2022 saw a massive shift in the NXT landscape. 205 Live was officially dismantled and replaced with NXT Level Up, which had no distinct roster of its own. Talent from NXT 2.0 and the WWE Performance Center could wrestle on NXT Level Up just as a secondary show like Main Event acts to Monday Night Raw.

NXT UK was also merged into the NXT system, leading to the mass release of most of that roster, with some talent moved over to the United States operations in Florida.

The WWE Performance Center recruits are now basically a combination of NXT talent, NXT Level Up performers and trainees, and there are also names listed from the WWE Next in Line program, though WWE NIL talent does not get listed quite the same.

It is a bit of a mess, lumping everything in under the NXT family, but this umbrella category is as good of a breakdown as anyone can get, as even the internal lists within WWE do not specify as many names in more detail or update as frequently as I do for this list.

WWE NXT MEN'S ROSTER 2022:

• Andre Chase
• Apollo Crews ⇄
• Axiom ⇄🏷️ (formerly A-Kid)
• Boa
• Brooks Jensen
• Bron Breakker
• Bronco Nima ★🎓 (Edwin Grande)
• Brutus Creed
• Bryson Montana ★🎓
• Cameron Grimes
• Carmelo Hayes
• Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo ★🎓 (Mitchell Lavalley)
• Charlie Dempsey ⇄
• Commander Azeez ⇄
• Damon Kemp
• Dante Chen
• Dijak ⇄🏷️ (formerly T-Bar)
• Dragon Lee ★⏳ (signed to WWE in December 2022, but had not debuted on WWE television by the end of the year)
• Duke Hudson
• Edris Enofe
• Elton Prince ⇄🏷️ (formerly Lewis Howley)
• Grayson Waller
• Guru Raaj
• Hank Walker ★🎓 (Joseph Sculthorpe)
• Ikemen Jiro
• Ilja Dragunov ⇄
• Jagger Reid ⇄🏷️ (formerly James Drake)
• Javier Bernal ★🎓
• JD McDonagh ⇄🏷️ (formerly Jordan Devlin)
• Joe Coffey ⇄
• Joe Gacy
• Josh Briggs
• Julius Creed
• Kit Wilson ⇄🏷️ (formerly Sam Stoker)
• Lucien Price ★🎓 (Nnamdi Oguayo)
• Malik Blade
• Mark Coffey ⇄
• Myles Borne ★🎓 (David Bostian)
• Nathan Frazer ⇄
• Noam Dar ⇄
• Odyssey Jones
• Oro Mensah ⇄🏷️ (formerly Oliver Carter)
• Quincy Elliott ★🎓
• Rip Fowler ⇄🏷️ (formerly Zack Gibson)
• Sanga (formerly Saurav Gurjar)
• Scrypts ⇄🏷️ (formerly Reggie)
• Tank Ledger ★🎓 (Joe Spivak)
• Tony D'Angelo
• Trick Williams
• Tyler Bate ⇄
• Veer Mahaan ⇄
• Von Wagner
• Wes Lee
• Wolfgang ⇄
• Xyon Quinn

WWE NXT WOMEN'S ROSTER 2022:

• Aleah James ❓(unconfirmed roster/release status)
• Alba Fyre 🏷️ (formerly Kay Lee Ray)
• Amari Miller
• Arianna Grace ★🎓
• Ava Raine ★ (signed in 2020; made her WWE television debut in 2022)
• Blair Davenport ⇄
• Brooklyn Barlow ★🎓
• Cora Jade
• Elektra Lopez
• Fallon Henley ★🎓
• Gigi Dolin
• Giovanna Eburneo / The Secretary ★ (recurring assistant/manager status)
• Indi Hartwell
• Isla Dawn ⇄
• Ivy Nile
• Jacy Jayne
• Jakara Jackson ★ (signed in 2021; made her WWE television debut in 2022)
• Katana Chance 🏷️ (formerly Kacy Catanzaro)
• Kayden Carter
• Kiana James ★🎓🏷️ (formerly Kayla Inlay)
• Lash Legend
• Lyra Valkyria ⇄🏷️ (formerly Aoife Valkyrie)
• Meiko Satomura ⇄
• Nikkita Lyons
• Roxanne Perez ★🎓 (formerly Rok-C)
• Sarray
• Sol Ruca ★🎓
• Stevie Turner ⇄
• Tatum Paxley ★ (signed in 2021; made her WWE television debut in 2022)
• Thea Hail ★🎓
• Tiffany Stratton
• Valentina Feroz
• Wendy Choo
• Yulisa Leon
• Zoey Stark

2022 WWE PERFORMANCE CENTER RECRUITS LIST:

This section covers WWE Performance Center recruits, developmental trainees and other WWE recruit listings from 2022 who were not yet fully established on the NXT roster.

WWE PERFORMANCE CENTER MEN'S RECRUITS 2022:

• Abule Abadi-Fitzgerald ★⏳
• Alema Collins ⏳ (signed in December 2021; still had not debuted on WWE television by the end of 2022)
• Antione Frazier ★⏳
• Beau Morris ★⏳
• Caleb Balgaard / Kale Dixon ★⏳
• Chukwusom Enekwechi / Tyriek Igwe ★⏳
• Daniel McArthur ★⏳
• Gabe Wai / Eka Brown ★⏳
• Hayden Pittman ★⏳
• Houston Miller ★⏳
• Isaac Odugbesan / Oba Femi ★ (made his WWE television debut in 2022)
• Kevin Ventura-Cortes ★⏳
• Rickssen Opont / Tyson DuPont ★⏳
• Roman Macek / Luca Crusifino ★⏳
• Skylor Clinton / Niko Vance ★⏳
• Tiller Bucktrot ★⏳
• Tracy Hancock / Tavion Heights ★ (made his WWE television debut in 2022)

WWE PERFORMANCE CENTER WOMEN'S RECRUITS 2022:

• Alexis Lete ★⏳
• Alivia Ash ★⏳
• Anna Keefer / Adriana Rizzo ★⏳
• Breanna Ruggiero / Brinley Reece ★⏳
• Dani Palmer (aka AJ Amrhein) ★⏳
• Franki Strefling / Izzi Dame ★⏳
• Gabi Butler ❓ (unconfirmed roster/release status)
• Gabrielle Dunn ★⏳
• Gina DeLucia ★⏳
• Harleigh White / Kiyah Saint ★⏳
• Jade Gentile / Jazmyn Nyx ★⏳
• Kennedy Cummins / Carlee Bright ★⏳
• Lea Mitchell / Kelani Jordan ★⏳
• Lola Vice (Valerie Loureda) ★⏳
• Melanie Brzezenski ❓ (unconfirmed roster/release status)
• Monika Klisara / Karmen Petrovic ★⏳
• Sarah Baer ★⏳
• Tiana Caffey / Jaida Parker ★⏳

WWE NIL MEN'S RECRUITS 2022:

• Case Hatch ★⏳
• Cohlton Schultz ★⏳
• Keshaun Moore ★⏳
• Luke Ford ★⏳
• Maliq Carr ★⏳
• Ruben Banks ★⏳
• Thunder Keck ★⏳
• Zachary Knighton-Ward ★⏳

WWE NIL WOMEN'S RECRUITS 2022:

• Ali Mattox ★⏳
• Chandler Hayden ★⏳
• Derrian Gobourne ★⏳
• Ericka Link ★⏳
• Mikala Hall ★⏳
• Rachel Glenn ★⏳
• Tyanna Omazic ★⏳

NO BRAND OR NON-EXCLUSIVE WWE FREE AGENTS AND PART-TIME WRESTLERS IN 2022:

The following WWE Superstars, legends and specialty performers appeared for WWE in 2022 without being assigned to a standard Raw, SmackDown or NXT roster for the year.

2022 WWE FREE AGENTS, LEGENDS AND PART-TIME WRESTLERS - MEN'S DIVISION:

• Bad Bunny (celebrity part-time wrestler)
• Brock Lesnar
• Goldberg
• John Cena
• Johnny Knoxville (celebrity part-time wrestler)
• Logan Paul ★
• Shane McMahon (specialty part-time wrestler; reportedly let go after the Royal Rumble)

2022 WWE FREE AGENTS, LEGENDS AND PART-TIME WRESTLERS - WOMEN'S DIVISION:

• Beth Phoenix (legend part-time wrestler)
• Lita 🪃

WWE OTHER ON-SCREEN CHARACTERS 2022 LIST:

2022 WWE MANAGERS & VALETS LIST:

• B-Fab 🪃
• Eddie Dennis (manager until his release)
• Hachiman (manager until his release)
• John "Bradshaw" Layfield 👔 (legend/part-timer → manager of Baron Corbin)
• Malcolm Bivens (manager until his release)
• Maryse
• Maxxine Dupri ★🎓👔🏷️ (NXT recruit → manager; formerly Sofia Cromwell)
• MVP 👔 (wrestler → manager of Omos)
• Paul Heyman
• Robert Stone
• Scarlett 🪃
• Valhalla 🪃🏷️ (formerly Sarah Logan)

2022 WWE AMBASSADORS & SPECIALTY NON-WRESTLING ROLES LIST:

• Titus O'Neil 👔 (wrestler → ambassador)

2022 WWE AUTHORITY FIGURES LIST:

• Adam Pearce (WWE Official for Raw and SmackDown)
• Johnny Saint (NXT UK General Manager until September 8, released)
• Stephanie McMahon 👔 (executive/on-screen authority figure → interim WWE Chairwoman and CEO from June 17, 2022; WWE Chairwoman and Co-CEO from July 2022)
• Sid Scala (Assistant to the NXT UK General Manager until August 18, released)
• Sonya Deville 👔 (WWE Official for Raw and SmackDown → wrestler on May 9, 2022)
• Paul "Triple H" Levesque 👔 (wrestler → WWE Head of Creative from July 2022; Chief Content Officer from September 2022)
• William Regal (NXT General Manager / 205 Live General Manager through January 5, 2022)
• Vince McMahon (WWE Chairman until July 22, retired)

WWE EXTRAS & OTHER RANDOM CHARACTERS IN 2022:

• Two assistants moving King Woods' throne (Day 1)
• Alexa Bliss's therapist (Doctor Skuvel?) - (Raw, Jan 10)
• Sami Zayn's InZayn helpers (SmackDown, Jan 14)
• Extras at the barber shop talking trash with Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams (NXT 2/8 and more)
• Reggie and Dana Brooke's waiter at Valentine's Day restaurant (Raw 2/14)
• Chase University students (ongoing)
• Adam Defarge (Andre Chase class student)
• The other people playing cards with Happy Corbin and Madcap Moss (SmackDown 3/4)
• Toxic Lounge servers (NXT Roadblock 3/8)
• Extras for bachelor and bachelorette parties for Dana Brooke/Reggie and Akira Tozawa/Tamina (Raw 4/11)
• Extras for Dana Brooke's and Tamina's double wedding
• Kevin Owens' production crew and lie detector examiner for the Ezekiel segments
• Fans portraying Ezekiel's family members in photograph gag
• Security for the VIP Lounge (Raw, May 9)
• Extras for Independence Day cookout (Raw, July 4)
• Makeup artist working on Tiffany Stratton (NXT Great American Bash, July 5)
• Chad from Chase University (NXT Great American Bash, July 5)
• Extras at the bar Brooks Jensen, Josh Briggs and Fallon Henley were at where Pretty Deadly crashed the party (NXT, July 12)
• Girls on the street with Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams who wanted to go dancing and went to the penthouse instead (NXT, July 12)
• People who won bets against Sha Samuels after Noam Dar lost the Heritage Cup to Mark Coffey (NXT UK, July 21)
• Valet parking spot guy for JD McDonagh (NXT, July 26)
• Girls asking Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams to jump start their car in the parking lot (NXT, August 2)
• Stage crew guy setting up The Grayson Waller Effect (NXT, August 23)
• Girl talking to Javier Bernal backstage (NXT, August 23)
• Kiana James' assistant (NXT, August 30)
• The Secretary / Giovanna Eburneo (NXT assistant character)
• Flower delivery guy for Sami Zayn (SmackDown, September 2)
• Guy shaving JD McDonagh (NXT, September 13)
• Druids to set up the casket match at Halloween Havoc (October 22)
• Haunted house extras at Halloween Havoc (October 22)
• Woo girls ready to party with Odyssey Jones, Edris Enofe and Malik Blade (NXT, October 25)
• Hannah and Haley Cavinder (NIL cameo)
• Backstage guy who interrupted Bray Wyatt and apologized to him (SmackDown, November 4)
• Poker player and drink server for Baron Corbin and JBL (Raw, November 14)
• Poker dealers (Raw, December 5)

LIST OF WRESTLERS & SUPERSTARS RELEASED FROM WWE IN 2022:

WWE RELEASES 2022 - MEN'S DIVISION:

• Ashton Smith
• Bodhi Hayward
• Brian Kendrick
• Cesaro (contract expired)
• Damaris Griffin ★
• Danny Burch
• Dave Mastiff
• Dexter Lumis (released in April, re-hired in August)
• Draco Anthony
• Eddie Dennis
• Eka Brown / Gabe Wai ★⏳
• Flash Morgan Webster
• Hachiman
• Harland
• Jack Starz
• Kenny Williams
• Kushida
• Malcolm Bivens
• Mark Andrews
• Nash Carter
• Primate Jay Melrose
• Rampage Brown
• Roderick Strong (contract reportedly expired in November)
• Rohan Raja
• Ru Feng
• Sam Gradwell
• Samoa Joe
• Saxon Huxley
• Sha Samuels
• Shane McMahon (reportedly let go after Royal Rumble)
• Teoman
• Tiger Turan (formerly Amir Jordan)
• Timothy Thatcher
• Trent Seven
• Troy "Two Dimes" Donovan (formerly Cole McKinney, Cole Karter) ★
• Tyson T-Bone
• Wild Boar Mike Hitchman
• William Regal

WWE RELEASES 2022 - WOMEN'S DIVISION:

• Amale
• Angel Hayze ❓ (unclear if she was ever actually signed)
• Candice LeRae (contract expired, then reinstated)
• Candy Floss (technically released December 2021, confirmed February 2022)
• Dakota Kai (released in April, rehired in July)
• Dani Luna
• Eliza Alexander ★
• Emilia McKenzie
• Erica Yan
• Jinny
• Mandy Rose
• Mila Malani (aka Kellie Morga) ★⏳
• Myla Grace ❓ ( unclear if she was ever actually signed)
• Nina Samuels
• Paige (contract expired)
• Persia Pirotta
• Raelyn Divine (aka Jaylen Williams) ★⏳
• Sloane Jacobs ★
• Vish Kanya (aka Sanjana George) ★⏳
• Xia Brookside

WWE RELEASES 2022 - NON-WRESTLING, BROADCAST AND OTHER ROLES:

• Blair Baldwin
• Carlos Cabrera
• Jimmy Smith
• Johnny Saint
• Nigel McGuinness
• Quetzalli Bulnes
• Sid Scala
• Vince McMahon (retired, not released)

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