Saraya Was ‘Shocked’ WWE Removed Her From SmackDown General Manager Role

Saraya was welcomed with open arms by the AEW Galaxy. The former WWE superstar, known as Paige, is now medically cleared to compete, but that wasn’t always the case.

Paige talked about various sections of her life during the Talk Is Jericho podcast. She talked about how the general manager role was taken away from her in a moment’s notice, and how much that shocked her.

Saraya has been vocal about women not getting enough television time in the WWE. Her move changed things for the better for the division, but she suffered on a personal level.

I got to be [“SmackDown”] GM and I loved it, but then that kind of got cut short. And I never really understood why because it was a great gig and I feel like everyone liked it. I never got anything negative from it, but it was just shocking.

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Road Dogg is so sweet and he’s always trying to baby me. And he was just like, ‘So, we’re probably not going to do the GM anymore, so you won’t have to come to work tomorrow.’ And then he decided that I was going to come and do a goodbye speech as GM, which I thought was really sweet, too. So, I ended up like flying in, doing that first segment of the show, and then flying back.

But I ended up sitting in my house for three or four years. And that’s the most depressing thing, because you just feel like you’re completely useless. And then you can’t go and do anything else because you’re under a contract where even though you’re an independent contractor, you still have to get permission to do stuff. And then it would get turned down.

Paige’s GM role was taken off from her, and then she had to sit at home for three to four years doing nothing. She was interested in working as a manager for any talent too. Interestingly enough, Saraya turned down a General Manager role to make her WWE return, as Ringside News exclusively reported that WWE explored all available options since she couldn’t get cleared to compete.

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