Zoey Stark is looking forward to getting back in the ring.
Stark was one of more than 20 people let go by WWE last week. WWE did not give a reason for each talent’s departure, but a new post by Zoey Stark seems to indicate that WWE chose to let her contract expire rather than cutting her and activating the non-compete clause in her contract.
Stark posted the following on Twitter/X, sharing that she is waiting 85 days to wrestle again. Stark was informed of her status on April 24, which started the 90-day period.
“Man I miss wrestling. I guess I can wait 85 more days,” Zoey Stark wrote on Twitter/X.
A recent report from Fightful (via Fightful Select) clarified (through lawyer Michael Dockins) that WWE talent who departed the company last week are not under 90 day non-competes, and they are still under contract for this period. This is the 90-day “right of termination and requisite notice,” while NXT talent have a 30-day notice.
Stark also wrote a longer message on Friday, thanking WWE, as well as her fans, coaches and colleagues for her time in the company.
“Thank you WWE, you made a young girls dream come true. You could not have been better and more supportive during my healing and I will be forever grateful. Thank you to all the girls in the back, the producers, camera men you were all incredibly kind and gracious. And a special Thank you to Terry Taylor and Coach Bloom for teaching me so much and being a shoulder to lean on. Its just the end of this chapter and the beginning of a new one. Falling Foward, onward and upward with God’s plan,” Stark wrote.
According to recent reports, Stark was medically cleared to return to in-ring action before her release. This detail became the focal point of Bully Ray’s recent criticism about WWE’s latest round of talent cuts.
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