Real Reason Popular WWE Star Walked Out Of The Company

A former WWE star has finally revealed the real reason they left the company and spared it from being the bad guy.

Kayla Braxton started her run with WWE in October 2016, working chiefly as a backstage interviewer and the host of panel shows, as well as The Bump during her time in the company. Her final appearance in the company came on the 28th of June 2024 edition of SmackDown before she made the decision to leave the company.

But why did she really walk away?

Kayla Braxton Saw The Writing On The Wall With WWE

Speaking with Busted Open, the star now known as Kayla Becker explained that she saw things coming to an end for her in WWE, and she wanted to be proactive with her career:

That’s kind of when I decided to step away – The Bump was done. I wasn’t hosting the Kickoff shows anymore, they brought in Jackie Redmond, who’s freakin’ phenomenal and she deserves every part of that decision that she has.

And everything was switching over in WWE obviously. So I could kind of see the writing on the wall. I knew I wasn’t gonna be happy going back into that, showing up, grueling travel, to maybe get one pre-written interview.

My creativity was stifled, I wasn’t allowed to do any outside projects. And as a woman, I’m getting a little older. I’m not gonna wake up in five more years and still be stuck doing this when I have these other things that I wanna be doing. So that ultimately was the reason to walk away, and the company was really supportive of it.

Or they were just like, ‘Thank god she’s leaving and we don’t have to be the bad guys.’ [h/t WrestleTalk]