WWE Hall Of Famer Reveals They Received A Legal Letter About Name Change Prior To Exit

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A WWE Hall of Famer has revealed they received a legal letter from the company about their name change prior to their exit.

In March 2023, Nikki and Brie Garcia, formerly known as The Bella Twins, announced their departure from WWE following a lengthy stint with the promotion.

Upon their exit from the company, the former WWE stars have been going by The Garcia Twins or Nikki and Brie Garcia.

Nikki and Brie were able to have highly successful careers in WWE, collectively winning the Divas Championship three times and being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2021.

Speaking with Amanda Hirsch on Not Skinny But Not Fat, The Garcia Twins were asked whether they asked The Rock or John Cena for advice as they prepared for the transition from WWE. Nikki replied:

“I think it’s different for men than women. There was never even a conversation.”

“I think a lot of us, we thought, ‘Oh, maybe there will be a conversation because we have such a huge brand, and we were actually making WWE a lot of money.”

“So we actually thought there was gonna be a conversation of, ‘Okay, you guys aren’t re-signing. Let’s talk about the name. Maybe when you do future projects, we take a percentage, you keep the name.’”

“I’ll be honest, I got a lawyer letter four hours before my contact was ending. They were seizing it all.”

Nikki continued on to explain why it was upsetting to receive that letter from WWE, saying:

“I keep that letter in my office so I can always see it and just know that, as I enter this new chapter, it’s like I get to see what wasn’t even talked about [with] something I built for 20 years, but I know that I have the power as a woman to build something else for the next 20 years.”

“It was upsetting because we were attached, but also I get a business, like, ‘Hey, this is our platform.’”

“I get it, I’m very understanding in that way. That is their IP. But we would have continued to have built that if there was a talk,”

Transcription via Fightful

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