Released WWE Star Recalls Original Plan For Main Roster Call-Up

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A recently released WWE star has revealed scrapped plans for their original main roster call-up.

Elektra Lopez reunited with Legado Del Fantasma on SmackDown in January 2024, following Santos Escobar, Joaquin Wilde and Cruz Del Toro receiving their main roster call-ups in 2022.

Speaking on the Fan’s View podcast, Lopez noted that she was originally set to be called up with her factionmates.

Explaining why plans changed and she remained in NXT, Lopez said:

“Let’s go back to how it all began. People don’t realize what actually happened. We were all told we were called up together. We had our last vignette where we all drive away from NXT, together. I’m not talking bad about the company or anything, I’m just stating what happened.

“Two months go by and we’re waiting for them to tell us when we’re going to debut. Finally, we all get a call on Wednesday. ‘You guys are debuting this Friday on SmackDown. This is your flight and travel.’ We got all of that, including me.

“Thursday comes, I’ve finished up packing, I’m in the gym working out, thinking, ‘This is what you’ve worked your entire life and it’s finally happening.’ I get back home, I had checked in and downloaded my boarding pass. I’m about to leave to go the airport and I get a missed call from someone.

“‘The boys are going up and you’re not going with them.’ ‘Are you sure? I have all my travel and hotel. Are you sure?’ ‘Yeah, I just got word this morning.’ This person was actually upset, too. You could hear it in his voice. ‘Unfortunately, they put it on me to give you the call to tell you.’

“It’s something where it’s everything you worked for and you’ve finally accomplished it….I even told all my family. That day I was supposed to fly out, I started telling my close family and friends. When I got that call, everything you think you have in the palm of your hand, it was just gone.

“I hung up the phone and literally stood there for ten minutes in disbelief. As any human, I broke down. You had me thinking for almost three months that this was happening. If you knew this wasn’t going to happen, you probably knew ahead of time. Why give me my flight information, my hotel, everything, and then tell me, ‘Actually, you’re not.’ That’s what it was.”

Elektra Lopez also addressed her February 2025 WWE release, which you can read more about right here.

Transcription via Fightful. 

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