WWE has been making severa skills cuts during the last few months, main to a wave of exits throughout the organisation. A few weeks ago, numerous famous names have been released, along with Cedric Alexander, Isla Dawn, AOP, and Elektra Lopez, amongst others. These cuts accompanied a previous spherical of releases that noticed stars like Baron Corbin, Tegan Nox, and Indi Hartwell go out the organisation.
However, it become now no longer simply in-ring skills that become affected. Former WWE NXT behind the scenes announcer McKenzie Mitchell become additionally allow go. Mitchell, who’s recognised for her paintings in NXT, is likewise the spouse of WWE commentator Vic Joseph. Speaking at the Getting Over podcast, Joseph spread out approximately his response to the surprising information of her release.
“I’ll be sincere approximately it. I become absolutely stuck off protect. I don’t forget the morning. And what become exciting is my father handed away in October. She become fired the primary week of December. So it become like boom, boom, you know. So, yeah, it absolutely stuck me off protect. It absolutely stuck her off protect, and stuck a few humans withinside the organisation off protect as well.”
Joseph contemplated on how tough the timing become for each of them, given his father’s passing simply weeks earlier than Mitchell’s unexpected departure. Despite the preliminary shock, he spoke approximately how they dealt with the situation.
“The best factor we may want to do is move approximately it with grace. And now she’s lower back in TNA; she’s lower back domestic to the merchandising she desired to move lower back to.”
Although leaving WWE become tough, Joseph expressed delight in Mitchell’s capacity to transport forward. He additionally shared that numerous key figures in WWE reached out to them in my view for the duration of the ordeal.
“I’m so happy with her. And I move lower back to a few people — I move lower back to Triple H, I move lower back to Shawn Michaels and I move lower back to Michael Cole. All 3 reached out. All 3 talked to us. All 3 talked to us on a private level. I don’t need to proportion the ones conversations, obviously. But this is why, to me, WWE is domestic for me. And it’s one-of-a-kind. It’s a one-of-a-kind vibe.
It’s a exclusive feel.”
Despite the abrupt nature of her release, Mitchell has spoken in interviews approximately knowledge the choice and keeping a fine outlook on her time with WWE.
“For her, she stated in interviews that she understood. You recognise, it’s miles what it’s miles. She nonetheless loves every person here. She nonetheless talks to Shawn. Every time I see Hunter, he goes, ‘Hey, how’s she doing?’”
Joseph additionally hinted that the door won’t be closed on a capability go back withinside the future.
“Anything can take place a 12 months from now. And there’s no sick will in the direction of all and sundry from her in the direction of WWE. She even simply instructed me today, she goes, ‘Hey, I’d like to make it to Stand and Deliver while I’m out in Vegas simply to mention hello to Shawn and provide him a hug. You recognise, that’s great. I don’t recognise what number of different company locations have that type of emotional connection.’”
Despite the surprise of the release, it seems that Mitchell has landed on her ft with a go back to TNA, and she or he stays on appropriate phrases with WWE personnel.
