Former WWE Star Surprised By Release

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A former WWE star has revealed that they were super surprised by their release, which took place on the same day as a previous episode of SmackDown.

Elektra Lopez was released from her WWE contract on February 10 as part of a wave of exits from the company.

During a recent appearance on the Fan’s View podcast, Lopez shared her surprise that the release, noting it took place on a day she was at TV and had been assigned a new writer for Legado del Fantasma, stating:

“I was super surprised because I was just on TV that Friday. It was out of nowhere. I was at TV on Friday and we had just gotten assigned a new writer.

“I was super excited. I had been pitching ideas for months. I was saying I wanted to be on live events and wanted to work with girls because I want to wrestle.”

Lopez would go on to discuss her management role further, but explored her hope she would be able to wrestle in more detail, saying:

“I don’t want to just manage. I don’t mind managing, but I want to be able to do both because of how it was when I was in NXT, I was mostly managing them and I wanted it to be different because I wanted to wrestle.

“I can wrestle and when I tried out, I tried out as a wrestler, not as a manager. I can do both and have no problem doing that, but I also wanted to build a name for myself, not just be in the shadows of the boys.”

Discussing learning about her release in more detail, Lopez initially thought she had dodged before revealing she feels she didn’t get a fair opportunity in WWE, explaining:

“I was on TV that Friday. People were getting released while we were at work. ‘Oh s**t, maybe I dodged this bullet this round.’

“I get home and it was maybe 2:30 in the afternoon and I get a call, and they told me the news. No reason given. Nothing.

“Again, I’m not saying anything bad about anybody, I don’t want that to be misconstrued, but I had worked so hard for this and I feel like I wasn’t given a fair opportunity. If I were given an opportunity and I failed, I can understand it, but you didn’t really give me an opportunity to show you what I can do when I’m more than just a manager.

“You brought me up to be in the role and put me in a box and then you cut me because it didn’t work out. You didn’t let me open that box and show you what I can do.

“I was very surprised. Got no explanation as to what the reason was. I was very shocked. It was a year to the day that I had gotten called up to the main roster.”

Lopez signed with WWE in February 2021 and would go on to wrestle on NXT and Main Event with rare appearances as a wrestler on SmackDown.

In April 2024, she was victorious over Zelina Vega on SmackDown, while December of that year would see her compete in a WWE Women’s United States Champion Tournament match losing to Tiffany Stratton in a match that also featured Naomi.

Transcript from Fightful.