Ex-WWE Star Claims Company Never Gave Them A Chance

A former WWE Superstar feels the company could have done more with them.

Back in February, Elektra Lopez revealed that she had been released by WWE and would be unable to compete elsewhere for 90 days. The star’s departure came after the likes of Cedric Alexander, Blair Davenport, and Isla Dawn had been released.

Lopez initially signed with WWE in 2018 and was managing Legado Del Fantasma in the weeks leading up to her exit.

During an appearance on the Fan’s View podcast, Lopez reflected on being released and admitted that the news came as a surprise and without explanation. She went on to say that she wished she had been given more opportunities to wrestle and not just be in the shadow of others.

“I was super surprised because I was just on TV that Friday. It was out of nowhere. I was at TV on Friday and we had just gotten assigned a new writer. I was super excited. I had been pitching ideas for months. I was saying I wanted to be on live events and wanted to work with girls because I want to wrestle. I don’t want to just manage.

I don’t mind managing, but I want to be able to do both because of how it was when I was in NXT, I was mostly managing them and I wanted it to be different because I wanted to wrestle. I can wrestle and when I tried out, I tried out as a wrestler, not as a manger.

I can do both and have no problem doing that, but I also wanted to build a name for myself, not just be in the shadows of the boys.

I was on TV that Friday. People were getting released while we were at work. ‘Oh sh*t, maybe I dodged this bullet this round.’ I get home and it was maybe 2:30 in the afternoon and I get a call, and they told me the news. No reason given. Nothing.

Again, I’m not saying anything bad about anybody, I don’t want that to be misconstrued, but I had worked so hard for this and I feel like I wasn’t given a fair opportunity. If I were given an opportunity and I failed, I can understand it, but you didn’t really give me an opportunity to show you what I can do when I’m more than just a manager.

You brought me up to be in the role and put me in a box and then you cut me because it didn’t work out. You didn’t let me open that box and show you what I can do. I was very surprised. Got no explanation as to what the reason was. I was very shocked. It was a year to the day that I had gotten called up to the main roster.”

Elektra Lopez Set For First Match Since WWE Exit

It was recently announced that Elektra Lopez will be returning to the ring for the first time since December 2024. Under her real name, Karissa Rivera, the star is set to compete at Mike Santana’s Puerto Rican Weekend for House of Glory on June 7.

There’s no word on who Rivera will be facing.

H/t to Fightful