BREAKING: 8-time WWE champion ends retirement; first match in almost 5 years announced 

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He was later moved to NXT, where he formed a tag team with Killian Dain. Drake Maverick was among the many stars shown the door from WWE due to budget cuts in early 2020. However, he was swiftly rehired, with his release being played out into an on-screen storyline. Over a year later, Maverick was gone again from WWE, only to be brought back in 2022 as a member of RAW’s creative team.

While he still holds that role, Drake Maverick has now been announced to wrestle in his first match since November 2021 for Progress Wrestling’s Odyssey Tour on September 12-13th. Check out the announcement below:

Several beloved WWE stars have retired recently

While it’s celebration time for Drake Maverick’s fans, the last few months have seen many beloved WWE legends bid adieu to their in-ring careers. The first of them was John Cena, who wrestled his last match in December last year.

This was immediately followed by AJ Styles hanging up his boots at Royal Rumble 2026. Interestingly, both Cena and Styles lost to the modern-day Legend Killer Gunther in their final matches. If this wasn’t enough, Brock Lesnar, too, called it quits at SummerSlam 2026 after losing to Oba Femi in his Hell in a Cell match.

Lesnar was believed to have retired months earlier at WrestleMania 42, but that turned out to be a ruse as he returned to extend his feud with Femi.