Real Reason Former WWE Star Left The Company

Published: Mar 5, 2026 by Liam | Last Updated: Mar 5, 2026 by Liam

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A former WWE name has explained the reason they decided to leave the company when they made their exit in 2024.

Kayla Becker, formerly known as Kayla Braxton, had her last show with WWE on the June 28, 2024 episode of SmackDown after a run with the company that started in October 2016.

She was primarily a backstage interviewer but also had other roles including a time as a ring announcer in NXT as well as being the host of WWE digital shows like Talking Smack and The Bump.

In a new interview with Busted Open, Becker commented on why she ultimately decided to leave WWE. She said:

“That’s kind of when I decided to step away – The Bump was done. I wasn’t hosting the Kickoff shows anymore, they brought in Jackie Redmond, who’s freakin’ phenomenal and she deserves every part of that position that she has.

“And everything was switching over in WWE obviously. So I could kind of see the writing on the wall. I knew I wasn’t gonna be happy going back into that, showing up, grueling travel, to maybe get one pre-written interview.

“My creativity was stifled, I wasn’t allowed to do any outside projects.

“And as a woman, I’m getting a little older. I’m not gonna wake up in five more years and still be stuck doing this when I have these other things that I wanna be doing.

“So that ultimately was the reason to walk away, and the company was really supportive of it.

“Or they were just like, ‘Thank god she’s leaving and we don’t have to be the bad guys.'”

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