Released WWE star Blair Davenport felt happy following her release.
Ahead of the 7th February SmackDown episode, reports emerged about Blair Davenport being released from the promotion. A stream of several other releases soon followed it, including multiple popular WWE names. Now, going by the name Bea Priestley, Davenport recently revealed why she wasn’t upset following her exit.
Speaking with Tom Campbell of Cultaholic, Priestley claimed that she didn’t realize how unhappy she was until she got released from the promotion. Sharing more details on it, the 2023 Women’s Iron Survivor Challenge winner said,
“As soon as I got the call, I was like, ‘Oh, I can go back to being Bea again.’ [laughs] It’s one of those things, you don’t realize how unhappy you are until you feel happy that you got the call saying that you don’t have a job anymore. That was kind of the thing, I was like, ‘Oh, okay, maybe it was good for me to be fair.’”
She further opened up on the reaction she received following the release,
“The actual outreach that I got from loads of people within WWE — It is what it is, I don’t take anything personally, it’s business, but I do think a lot of people felt bad for me because I just got called up, I didn’t even have a year on SmackDown or Raw or whatever. The amount of outreach I got from actual talent within the company basically saying how sorry they were and they wish me the best and they’re sure I’ll be back or be fine, it was nice to be like, ‘Oh wow, a lot of people do actually care about me.’”
H/t Fightful
Priestly became a free agent on May 8th following the expiry of her 90-day no-compete clause from WWE. A highly skilled wrestler, her future endeavors remain undetermined despite her diverse potential.
Another Released WWE Star Sonya Deville Revealed The Toughest Part Of Wrestling
Also, a part of the recent talent cuts alongside Davenport was former Pure Fusion Collective member Sonya Deville. Deville recently opened up on the toughest part of wrestling with PIX11 News, where she said:
“Oh, the travel. Cause I love wrestling and I love the physicality and I love everything about it pretty much. But the travel obviously can get, redundant and a lot.”
In other news: This top NJPW star is ready to “slap” The Rock.