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WWE’s decision to fire Mandy Rose due to the nature of the content on her subscription service continues to be a talking point.
A former WWE writer has criticised WWE’s handling of the situation, describing it as Triple H’s first misstep since taking over as Chief Content Officer.
Speaking on the Wrestling With Freddie podcast, Freddie Prinze Jr said:
“In what I think might be the first fumble that Triple H has had, they released Mandy Rose, the NXT Champion.”
He went on to lambast WWE for its hiring practises, stating:
“I don’t know if the people you’re hiring, who you define, the company defines, as subcontractors, meaning they are not employees of the WWE, that’s how they get away with not paying for insurance for these wrestlers.
“That’s why all professional wrestlers have to carry their own insurance before WWE will even look at them.
“There’s some crazy stuff there that is not cool.”
Rose’s agent told TMZ earlier this week that Rose had made $500,000 from her exclusive content in just a week after being released, and expected to be a millionaire by Christmas.
Mandy Rose was abruptly released by WWE December 14 as soon as the company found out about the type of content she was posting on her page.
WWE believed they had “absolutely no choice” but to release her and she “way, way, way crossed the line” of what was acceptable.
She dropped the NXT Women’s Championship to Roxanne Perez on December 13 – after reigning dominantly for 413 days – and was let go by the company the following morning.
As previously reported by Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio, the title change was a rushed decision made by Shawn Michaels as soon as he found out earlier that day about the type of content Mandy Rose had been posting on her exclusive content page.
It’s worth reiterating a misconception – WWE didn’t fire Rose just because of the fact she had a subscription service, but reportedly more so because of the nature of what she was posting on there, which, per Meltzer, the company thought ‘way, way, way crossed the line’.
Fightful Select previously reported that Rose had indicated to people in recent months that she did realize what she was posting could get her in trouble with WWE management.
Rose’s reign with the NXT Women’s Title clocked in at 413 days, so it was just four days off being the second-longest NXT Women’s Title reign of all time behind Asuka’s.
Had the title change taken place on either January 10 or February 4 as originally planned, Rose’s reign would have overtaken Shayna Baszler to hit that second place milestone.
Rose herself has not yet publicly commented since she was released by WWE.
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