Toni Storm Reportedly “Gone” From WWE
SmackDown star and former NXT UK Women’s Champion Toni Storm may have finished up with WWE according to a new report.
Toni Storm made her WWE debut in the summer of 2017, appearing in the Mae Young Classic. She then went on to win the tournament the following year before winning the NXT UK Women’s Title.
After a stint on NXT, Storm became a permanent fixture on the main roster on July 9th, 2021. Most recently the New Zealander has been seen on SmackDown losing to Charlotte Flair in a SmackDown Women’s Title match on Christmas Eve.
Now Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful is reporting that the match way well have been the last televised outing of Storm’s WWE career as she is said to be “gone” from the company.
Fightful has been informed Toni Storm is gone from WWE.
— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) December 29, 2021
I'm working on getting additional details. As of now I don't know what caused the departure, or anything beyond that she's no longer with the company and WWE confirmed as much.
— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) December 29, 2021
It is not known if more departures from the company are imminent or if this is a singular release with the company heavily cutting their roster in 2021 with over eighty releases being put down to budget cuts.
Toni Storm would follow fellow antipodean stars such as Bronson Reed now known as JONAH and Shane Thorne in leaving the company in 2021 and is the latest release since Jeff Hardy was let go from the company earlier in December after reportedly refusing WWE’s request for him to attend rehab.