McKenzie Mitchell opens up about her WWE release.
WWE released backstage interviewer McKenzie Mitchell on December 1 and ended her run with the company, which began in 2019.
Speaking on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, McKenzie Mitchell discussed her release and described how she now sees it as a blessing. She expressed her excitement about the future.
“I’m good. You know, I think once the dust has settled, it’s been really, it’s a blessing,” McKenzie Mitchell said. “I think that there are so many new beginnings, and I’m excited to see what’s to come in the future. The outreach, and the support that I’ve gotten from friends, family, coworkers, colleagues, production, staff executives in WWE, the fans most importantly, it’s been insane.
“That’s what made me emotional when I got released was being able to hear from everyone how much I impacted their opinion in when watching WWE and when watching NXT. That’s what made me emotional was hearing from all of the people their favorite moments in my career and the favorite interviews that I’ve done and the magic that was created on screen like that made it made such a big impact on me to see what I made on them.”
McKenzie Mitchell On Processing Her Release
McKenzie Mitchell went on to describe how she has been processing the release. She noted that it could be seen as a new beginning. She also emphasized that she is still supportive of WWE and NXT.
“I think it’s like I said, I think this is a way to say there’s a new beginning and everything and just kind of like Okay, what’s next?” McKenzie Mitchell said. “I know, like I said, I have my jewelry business. And so I’ve been putting all my efforts into that into my creativity there. That’s almost my full-time. My husband still works within the company, obviously.
“So that’s really interesting that he’s still there, I’m not. I don’t know if people know but we were the first couple on the announce team. Like genuinely like that our announcer and announcer that are married. So we kind of like really figured it out there but I’m of course still supportive of WWE and NXT and I still watch him and I still text him good luck before every show. I’ve still obviously all my friends are still there. So I’m still supportive.”
Mitchell went on to note that some people have said she needed to take a break from wrestling anyway, and she expressed her gratitude for all the support she continues to receive.
The audio interview can be found here.
Mitchell previously commented on her release and her future. Click here to see what she had to say.