Former WWE star Eva Marie has spoken openly about both of her departures from the company.
Speaking on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Marie described her first release as odd. She admitted she still does not fully understand the timing behind it. “It was actually odd. I still don’t know exactly. The timing of it was. I mean, I got my first movie, so that’s also kind of what happened, is I stepped away to do that. Inconceivable, you can still watch it on Netflix. Had an amazing time on that film.”
She explained that stepping away for the movie may have affected her standing in WWE. “So when I left for that I kind of still have a feeling of like, if I didn’t leave for that movie, maybe I would still be in the company, because I think that probably was as much as they gave me their blessing. I’m sure it hurt me internally in some capacity.”
Eva Marie says she had a love-hate relationship with WWE
Despite the release, Marie made it clear she still loves the wrestling business and is thankful for the opportunities that WWE gave her. “I love the business. I love it. There’s nothing like it. I owe everything to WWE. I’ve learned so much. I’ve grown as an individual.”
“I feel like I have a love-hate relationship, too, because I feel like I never really got a solid shot, a solid storyline. I never did. I never even had a title run. I went for the NXT title. But when you really look at the grand scheme of things, of storylines, and me on the main roster.”
Marie’s first WWE run lasted from 2013 to 2017. She later signed again with WWE in 2020 and made her on-screen comeback in 2021. However, her second run was short-lived, as she was released again in November 2021.
She once again called the situation unusual, “That one is actually f*cking a little bit odd, because it was supposed to be longer than that, and it wasn’t.” She added, “But I think there is going to be changing of hands in management, and that’s kind of what happened with my contract. So it kind of got messed up within kind of that communication.”
During her second run, Marie’s final match took place on an episode of WWE Raw, where she faced Doudrop, now known as Piper Niven.
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