Published: May 7, 2026 by Liam | Last Updated: May 7, 2026 by Liam
Liam has been reporting & analyzing wrestling news for over eight years, and is currently the Managing Editor at WrestleTalk.com. Immersed in wrestling for 18 years, he has over 11,000 published articles in addition to leading and overseeing WrestleTalk.com's coverage.
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Another name has been added to the list of WWE departures as developmental talent Francois Prinsloo has announced his exit.
Prinsloo was officially announced as signing with WWE in May 2025 along with Shido Ash (Shady Elnahas) and Viktor Zanov (Aaron Fara), both of whom recently debuted on Evolve.
The list of known exits from the company since WrestleMania is now at 30 – the full list of which you can find by clicking this link.
Announcing his WWE departure, Prinsloo wrote:
WWE has been nothing but a blessing for me. It has easily been one of the hardest challenges I’ve had to face and yet I wouldn’t have had it any other way. Through this journey I was able to learn a lot about myself, the world and the beautiful people in it.
WWE showed me a world I never knew that I would fall in love with, introduced me to amazing people that I will never forget. It reignited my passion and talent for acting and speaking. WWE also showed me how much further I could push my limits…or rather how much further I want to push them now. It’s opened my eyes to so much more and has inadvertently…made me hungrier.
There’s a long list of people I want to thank, but for now I’ll shorten it. Thank you to the amazing coaches I had the pleasure of working with.Thank you to the medical stuff and their unending diligence to help me through my slew of freakish injuries. Thank you to S&C for getting me in the best shape of my life. Thank you to the great athletes, friends,classmates and opponents I got to meet, wrestle or learn from and finally….Thank YOU, for your support and encouragement ❤️
It’s been fun and hard, but hardest of all is having to accept my journey getting cut short before I could really start 🖤
But I wise man once told me : “the wolf climbing the mountain is always hungrier than the one at the top,” and unfortunately, I’ve been left starving… but we’ll talk more about that later
More life🫡💯🙏🏾
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