In an interview with Ariel Helwani, Elayna Black talked about her release from WWE, where she competed as Cora Jade.
Noting her ‘intuition’ as far back as November regarding the impending call, Black stated:
Maybe two weeks before the cuts, it was Vegas, I was like, ‘I’m going to make it good because I’m not coming back here.’ I just had that gut feeling. Obviously, you don’t want it to be right, ‘Don’t manifest it,’ but I always had that gut feeling. That day, I was going to hang out with [Blair Davenport] and she called and said, ‘Josh [Riley Osborne] just got fired,’ her husband. ‘Okay, I’ll keep my ringer on.’ Sure as hell, two minutes later, I got the call. ‘Okay.’ It is what it is.
The former NXT Tag Team Champion also addressed coming back from injury, and the impact of comments about her body that led to a social media post about being “body shamed by my bosses, coworkers, and fans”:
I’ll say this because I did put it out there; the body shaming stuff. I don’t want this to be a bash WWE because it was my dream and still is my dream. I have no doubt, maybe one day in the near future, I’ll be there again, but it is what it is.
I definitely think things could have went differently if it wasn’t for certain things, like the body-shaming thing. I came in at 19 years old. I was 110 pounds and so small. It was constant comments, whether it was guys who think they’re being funny or, I’m not going to name names, but I remember specifically being told that I wasn’t and wouldn’t be champion in that company because I look like I couldn’t crack an egg.
Black is currently set for her return to the independent scene in the coming months, starting with a return to Black Label Pro on June 14.
Source: Fightful