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This is a list of former employees of the promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, organized by the year in which they last worked for the company. Wrestlers who work in the World X Cup and wrestlers who make various appearances but are not contracted (with the exception of Scott Hall) do not appear on this page. The wrestler must've had a contract with TNA in order to be on this page.

Release date	Real Name	Ring Name(s)	Notes
2002	Steve Corino	Steve Corino	Released from contract.
2002	Richard Blood	Ricky Steamboat	Contract expired
August 7, 2002	Ken Shamrock	Ken Shamrock	Left company after losing the NWA World Heavyweight Championship
November 2002	Sean Waltman	Syxx-Pac Sean Waltman	Left company because he didn't like Vince Russo
2003	Jason Broyles	EZ Money	Retired
2003	Mickie James	Alexis Laree	Left company on good terms.
2003	Leon White	Big Van Vader	Left to resume wrestling in Japan
August 2003	Mike Sanders	Mike Sanders	Released from contract.

2004–2005

Release date	Real Name	Ring Name(s)	Notes
2004	Joseph Bruce	Violent J	Short-term contract expired.
2004	Don Callis	Don Callis	Quietly departed from TNA after being offered a job in international trade.
2004	Ian Hodgkinson	Vampiro	Released in order to return to Mexico.
2004	Joseph Utsler	Shaggy 2 Dope	Short-term contract expired.
February 25, 2004	Theodore Annis	Teddy Hart	Released after the restaurant fight incident with CM Punk.
February 25, 2004	Phillip Brooks	CM Punk	Fired after getting into a fight with Teddy Hart in a restaurant (It was eventually broken up by Sabu.)
February 26, 2004	Brian Wohl	Julio Dinero	Released after CM Punk was fired.
March 2004	Nick Cvjetkovich	Sinn SiNN	Contract expired
March 31, 2004	Steve Borden	Sting	Short-term contract expired
July 30, 2004	Chad Collyer	Chad Collyer	Released following the end of the Elite Guard storyline.
December 2004	Randall Poffo	Randy Savage	Released after he was denied a shot at the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.
2005	Michael Altieri	Mikey Batts	Released from contract
2005	Page Falkenberg	Diamond Dallas Page	Released from contract.
2005	Marc Mero	Johnny B. Badd	Retired.
2005	Virgil Runnels	Dusty Rhodes	Waited out the rest of his contract after he resigned from the booking team.
2005	Roderick Toombs	Roddy Piper	Fired after he cut a shoot promo defaming Vince Russo.
January 16, 2005	Scott Hall	Scott Hall	Contract expired.
April 2005	Dustin Runnels	Dustin Rhodes	Contract expired; he decided not to renew it.
April 20, 2005	David Cash	Kid Kash	Released after months of criticizing the company.
December 2005	Sonny Siaki	Sonny Siaki	Contract expired; he decided not to renew it, leaving the company on good terms.

2006–2007

Release date	Real Name	Ring Name(s)	Notes
2006	Vincent Clark	Jerrelle Clark	Released from contract.
February 12, 2006	Germán Figueroa	Apolo El Leon	Released after he no-showed the Final Resolution pay-per-view.
April 2006	Joseph James	Bob Armstrong	Contract expired.
April 2006	Chris Lindsey	Roderick Strong	Released from contract.
May 2006	Jeff Hardy	Jeff Hardy	Released after he no-showed several pay-per-views; later returned to WWE.
October 2006	Jack Meléndez	Moody Melendez Hector Melendez	Left TNA because he felt that the pay raise he was offered was not sufficient to make up for his increased duties.
October 5, 2006	Lawrence Whistler	Larry Zbyszko	Fired for unknown reasons.
2007	Bob Backlund	Bob Backlund	Released from contract.
2007	Andrew Martin	Andrew Martin	Released when it was believed he was taking steriods; TNA was being investigated by United States Congress at the time.
May 7, 2007	Dan Solwold	Austin Starr Austin Aries	Released for "bad attitude" after being made to tape vignettes on a day he believed to be a day off.
June 2007	Charles Ashenoff	Konnan	Left TNA because he felt he was being racially discriminated when TNA management said that they would help pay for his hip replacement surgery, but did not.
August 2007	Jerry Lynn	Jerry Lynn	Requested and received release
August 15, 2007	Doug Basham	Basham Doug Basham	Released from contract.
August 15, 2007	Daniel Hollie	Damaja	Released from contract.
October 10, 2007	Troy Martin	Shane Douglas	Released from contract.
October 29, 2007	Jeff Jarrett	Jeff Jarrett	Left company following the death of his wife to spend time with his family.
October 30, 2007	Solofa Fatu	Junior Fatu	Released due to he and TNA management failing to reach an agreement about a pay raise.
November 25, 2007	Leticia Cline	Leticia Cline	Released
December 2007	Ron Killings	Ron Killings	Worked out a deal for his release from the company.

2008

Release date	Real Name	Ring Name(s)	Notes
2008	Bonnie Maxon	Ms. Payton Banks	Left company after storyline with Robert Roode ended.
2008	Dustin Runnels	The Black Reign Dustin Rhodes	Released from contract
March 2008	Gilbert Cosme	Judas Mesias	Released from contract
March 7, 2008	Scott Levy	Raven	Released from contract
July 7, 2008	James Mitchell	Father James Mitchell	Released from contract.
October 9, 2008	Karen Angle	Karen Angle	Left company as details of her divorce from Kurt Angle became public; felt she needed to spend more time with her family.
November 13, 2008	Jason Reso	Christian Cage Christian	Contract expired; he negotiated a return to WWE.

2009

Release date	Real Name	Ring Name(s)	Notes
2009	Shawn Daivari	Shiek Abdul Bashir	Released after Jeff Jarrett stepped down from his role as Vice President.
January 2009	Petey Williams	Petey Williams	Contract expired; TNA decided not to renew it.
February 20, 2009	Retesh Bhalla	Sonjay Dutt	Left TNA after his contract expired due to he and TNA management being unable to come to terms on a new deal.
April 30, 2009	Nicole Raczynski	Roxxi Roxxi Laveaux Nikki Roxx	Released after getting into a backstage altercation with Rhaka Khan.
July 2009	Daniel Engler	Rudy Charles	Contract expired.
September 3, 2009	Lauren Williams	Angelina Love Angel Williams	Released due to visa issues.
September 15, 2009	Jim Cornette	Jim Cornette	Contract expired; he also did not like being on the creative team with Vince Russo and Ed Ferrara.
October 2009	Booker Huffman	Booker T	Contract expired.
October 2009	Sharmell Sullivan	Sharmell	Released when her husband's contract expired.
October 1, 2009	Trenesha Biggers	Rhaka Khan	Released from contract
November 10, 2009	Josette Bynum	Sojourner Bolt Josie Robinson	Released from contract
December 17, 2009	Lauren Thompson	Lauren Brooke	Left TNA to focus on her job with the Golf Channel.

2010

Release date	Real Name	Ring Name(s)	Notes
January 21, 2010	Melissa Anderson	Raisha Saeed Alissa Flash	Requested and received release
February 3, 2010	Scott D'Amore	Scott D'Amore	Released so he could focus on his efforts with Maximum Pro Wrestling.
February 10, 2010	Bobby Lashley	Bobby Lashley	Released so he could focus on his MMA career
March 4, 2010	Tracy Brookshaw	Traci Brooks Traci	Released from contract.
March 5, 2010	Sean Morley	Sean Morley	Left company after learning that TNA's move to Monday nights would conflict with his plans to concurrently wrestle for CMLL in Mexico.
March 22, 2010	Kia Stevens	Awesome Kong Amazing Kong	Requested her release for personal / monetary reasons; she also disliked the changed in TNA's management.
March 29, 2010	Jerome Saganovich	Jerry Sags	Released following an incident at a TNA function where Spike TV executives were present; details were not made public.
March 29, 2010	Brian Yandrisovitz	Brian Knobbs	Released following an incident at a TNA function where Spike TV executives were present; details were not made public.
March 31, 2010	Daniel Covell	Christopher Daniels Daniels Suicide Curry Man	Released from contract
April 30, 2010	Todd Clem	Bubba the Love Sponge	Fired for making disparaging comments on the Haiti relief project on Twitter and for a series of heated confrontations with Awesome Kong.
June 14, 2010	Jessica Kresa	ODB (One Dirty Bitch) Poison	Left company on good terms.
June 15, 2010	Scott Hall	Scott Hall	Released due to legal problems.
June 15, 2010	Sean Waltman	Syxx-Pac Sean Waltman	Released after he was diagnosed with Hepatitis C.
June 30, 2010	Ed Ferrera	Ed Ferrera	Left company.
August 19, 2010	Nelson Erazo	Homicide	Was granted his release; he had been requesting his release for over a year.
August 19, 2010	Travis Tomko	Tomko Tyson Tomko	Released after a long period of inactivity.
August 23, 2010	Jim Fullington	The Sandman	Released after he no-showed an iMPACT! taping.
August 26, 2010	Charles Spencer	Tony Mamaluke	Released with the rest of the Full Blooded Italians.
November 11, 2010	Lacey Adkisson	Lacey Von Erich	Left TNA on good terms.
November 18, 2010	Scott Levy	Raven	Released from contract
December 29, 2010	Shantelle Malawski	Taylor Wilde Taylor	Contract expired

2011

Release date	Real Name	Ring Name(s)	Notes
January 2011	Kevin Nash	Kevin Nash	Granted release after being contacted by WWE about a new contract.
January 11, 2011	Michael Manna	Dr. Stevie Dr. Stevie Richards Stevie Richards	Left company on good terms with Vince Russo and Terry Taylor.
April 21, 2011	Jamar Shipman	Jay Lethal	Parted ways with the company after the Lockdown pay-per-view.
June 5, 2011	Mick Foley	Mick Foley Cactus Jack	Requested and received release.
August 20, 2011	Matt Hardy	Matt Hardy	Released after he was arrested for a DWI.

Death occurred while under contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

Wrestler	Real Name	Career
Curt Hennig
Mike Lockwood
Jerry Tuite
Chris Candido	Christopher Candito

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