List of previous SmackDown! wrestlers
This is a list of professional wrestlers who have performed on World Wrestling Entertainment's SmackDown! brand in the past since the company's brand extension in 2002.
This list is organized in chronological order of each wrestler's exit from the SmackDown! brand, with the earliest departures from the brand being listed first.
Previous wrestlers
- The Big Boss Man (Ray Traylor) (released from WWE on 5 May 2002)
- Test (Andrew Martin) (moved to RAW brand 29 July 2002)
- Lance Storm (Lance Evers) (moved to RAW brand 29 July 2002)
- Chris Jericho (Chris Irvine) (moved to RAW brand 29 July 2002)
- Mike Awesome (Mike Alphonso) (released by WWE, last appearance 7 September 2002)
- The Hurricane (Gregory Helms) (moved to RAW brand 23 September 2002)
- Ivory (Lisa Moretti) (moved to RAW brand 4 November 2002)
- Maven (Maven Huffman) (moved to RAW brand 4 November 2002)
- Diamond Dallas Page (Page Falkenberg) (released by WWE on 24 November 2002)
- Perry Saturn (Perry Satullo) (released by WWE on 24 November 2002)
- The Godfather (Charles Wright) (released by WWE on 5 December 2002)
- B2 (Barry Buchanan) (released by WWE on 19 January 2003)
- Redd Dogg/Rodney Mack (Rodney Begnaud) (moved to RAW brand 17 February 2003)
- The Rock (Dwayne Johnson) (moved to WWE RAW brand 24 February 2003)
- Hulk Hogan (Terry Bollea) (left WWE due to contractual issues on 24 June 2003)
- "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (Roderick Toombs) (fired by WWE as of 26 June 2003)
- Crash Holly (Mike Lockwood) (released by WWE on 1 July 2003)
- Matt Hardy (moved to RAW brand 17 November 2003)
- Nathan Jones (left WWE due to personal issues on 12/11/03)
- Zach Gowen (released by WWE as of 2/04/04, last appearance 10/23/03)
- Kanyon (Chris Klucsaritis) (released by WWE on 9 February 2004)
- Ernest "The Cat" Miller (released by WWE on 12 February 2004)
- Brock Lesnar (left WWE to pursue an American football career on 15 March 2004)
- Faarooq (Ron Simmons) (released by WWE as of 18 March 2004)
- Shelton Benjamin (drafted to RAW brand 22 March 2004)
- Nidia (Nidia Guenard) (drafted to RAW brand 22 March 2004)
- Rhyno (Terry Gerin) (drafted to RAW brand 22 March 2004)
- Tajiri (Yoshihiro Tajiri) (drafted to RAW brand 22 March 2004)
- Edge (Adam Copeland) (drafted to RAW brand 22 March 2004)
- A-Train (Matthew Bloom) (moved to RAW brand 23 March 2004)
- Chuck Palumbo (moved to RAW brand 23 March 2004)
- Triple H (Paul Levesque) (traded back to RAW brand 23 March 2004)
- Sean O'Haire (released by WWE on 3 April 2004)
- Ultimo Dragon (Yoshihiro Asai) (left WWE on 15 April 2004)
- Chavo Classic (Chavo Guerrero) (fired by WWE on 15 June 2004)
- Rikishi (Solofa Fatu) (released by WWE on 17 July 2004)
- Sakoda (Ryan Sakoda) (released by WWE on 5 August 2004)
- Sable (Rena Mero) (released by WWE on 10 August 2004)
- Jacqueline (Jacqueline Moore) (released by WWE in June 2004)
- Jamie Noble (Jamie Howard) (released by WWE on 7 September 2004)
- Billy Gunn (Monty Sopp) (released by WWE on 11/01/04)
- Rico (Rico Constantino) (released by WWE on 11/02/04)
- Johnny Stamboli (John Hugger) (released by WWE on 11/04/04)
- Amy Weber (left WWE in February 2005)
- Jesús (Aaron Aguilera) (released by WWE on 4/11/05)
- Luther Reigns (Matt Wiese) (released by WWE on 5/11/05)
- Lauren Jones (left WWE in June 2005)
- John Cena (drafted to RAW brand 6 June 2005)
- Kurt Angle (drafted to RAW brand 13 June 2005)
- Carlito Caribbean Cool (Carly Colon) (drafted to RAW brand 20 June 2005)
- Big Show (Paul Wight) (drafted to RAW brand 27 June 2005)
- Rob Van Dam (Rob Szatkowski) (drafted to RAW brand 27 June 2005)
- Danny Basham (Danny Holly) (traded to RAW brand 30 June 2005)
- René Duprée (René Goguen) (traded to RAW brand 30 June 2005)
- Mark Jindrak (traded to RAW brand 30 June 2005)
- Chavo Guerrero (Chavo Guerrero, Jr) (traded to RAW brand 30 June 2005)
- Hiroko (Hiroko Suzuki) (traded to RAW brand 30 June 2005)
- Kenzo Suzuki (traded to RAW brand 30 June 2005)
- Shannon Moore (released by WWE on 5 July 2005)
- Akio (James Yun) (released by WWE on 5 July 2005)
- Billy Kidman (Peter Gruner) (released by WWE on 5 July 2005)
- Spike Dudley (Matt Hyson) (released by WWE on 5 July 2005)
- Bubba Ray Dudley (Mark Lamonica) (released by WWE on 6 July 2005)
- D-Von Dudley (Devon Hughes) (released by WWE on 6 July 2005)
- Charlie Haas (released by WWE on 6 July 2005)
- Matt Morgan (released by WWE on 6 July 2005)
- Miss Jackie (Jackie Gayda) (released by WWE on 6 July 2005)
- Dawn Marie (Dawn Marie Psaltis) (released by WWE on 6 July 2005)
- Joy Giovanni (released by WWE on 6 July 2005)
- Muhammad Hassan (Mark Copani) (sent to OVW for character repackaging in July 2005; in kayfabe, has been banned from SmackDown!)
- Frankie Kazarian (released by WWE on 13 August 2005)
- Torrie Wilson (traded to RAW brand on 22 August 2005)
- Candice Michelle (traded to RAW brand on 22 August 2005)
- Daniel Puder (released by WWE on 10 September 2005)
(Note: All roster information is current as of September 10, 2005).