page_title: 2014 in professional wrestling
section_title: Retirements
hierarchical_section_title: 2014 in professional wrestling / Retirements
caption_attribution_description: 2014-04-04_19-10-01_NEX-6_7421_DxO
context_page_description: 2014 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.
context_section_description: Kaitlyn (August 29, 2010 – January 8, 2014) (first retirement, returned in 2018 on Mae Young Classic)
  Jillian Hall (1998 – January 21, 2014)
  Bonnie Maxon (2000 – January 24, 2014)
  Kensuke Sasaki (February 16, 1986 – February 13, 2014)
  El Dandy (1981–2014)
  Axl Rotten (1987–2014)
  Chuck Palumbo (1998–2014)
  Roddy Piper (1969–2014)
  Beulah McGillicutty (1995–2014)
  Christian Cage (1995–2014)
  Drake Wuertz (August 31, 2001 – April 27, 2014)
  CM Punk (1999–2014)
  Sarah Bäckman (2012–2014)
  Natsuki Taiyo (January 3, 2004 – 	June 1, 2014)
  Batista (October 30, 1999 – June 2, 2014) (first retirement, briefly returned in 2019)
  Aksana (September 2009 – June 10, 2014)
  Vickie Guerrero (July 14, 2005 – June 23, 2014)
  Petey Williams (January 23, 2002 – July 5, 2014)
  Santino Marella (August 17, 2003 – July 6, 2014)
  Matt Bloom (1997 – August 7, 2014) (moved to a trainer)
  Barry Buchanan (1995 – November 22, 2014)
  Corey Graves (March 22, 2000 – December 11, 2014) (moved to color commentator)
  Adam Pearce (May 16, 1996 – December 21, 2014)
caption: Roddy Piper
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