Ruby Riott Says She Never Got The Chance To Show ‘A Lot Of Herself’ In WWE

Ruby Riott was one of the mainstays of the female WWE roster since making her main roster debut with the Riott Squad in November 2017.

Ruby Riott never got to win any championships during her time with the company. However, she did gain a lot of fan following after her impressive in-ring skills and character work. Unfortunately, she was released earlier this month.

While speaking on The Wrestling Perspective podcast, Ruby Riott talked about her experience with WWE Creative. Riott stated that there was a lot to her character that no one was able to see. However, she did enjoy being challenged with whatever WWE Creative gave her.

At least recently, a lot of my time and energy went into the tag team as a whole. A lot of my ideas that I tried to get across were in the context of the Riott Squad. There is a lot of me that I don’t think I ever got a chance to show. I’m not saying that’s through no fault but my own. There’s probably a bunch of different things I could have done in hindsight to really show that. I don’t know if ‘stifled’ is the word. I felt challenged a lot and I kind of enjoyed that. I kind of thrive on the idea of being put in a situation that’s maybe not for my brain and adapting to it and trying to make it work for me and having it come across organically. We all thrive on creative control, but sometimes that can stifle your creative process because you’re always getting what you want. Having things thrown at you and being like ‘okay, make this work,’ really advances you as a performer,”

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Ilike to see my ideas, but I also like my ideas to be challenged I like to see things from other’s perspectives, particularly if it’s someone else within the context of the storyline because we’re always told ‘you’re the one who knows your character best.’ If it’s just my idea and it’s my idea for someone else, I’m not going to understand them as well as they understand them. They might have a different idea that fits perfectly in a way I didn’t look at. I like to be heard, even if it’s to be heard and be shit on. I like to be heard and work with people and be part of the machine and create something magical.”

We will have to see what is next in store for Ruby Riott, as it is likely she will be going back to the independent circuit. However, she won’t be going by the name Heidi Lovelace there.

h/t to Fightful for the quotes