Katana Chance Explains How She’s Coping After WWE Release

Katana Chance was let go during last month’s round of WWE cuts, and many people were disappointed about how she was handled in the company. Following her WWE exit, Chance has admitted she was shocked.

While speaking to Chris Van Vliet, Katana Chance talked about how she felt after being released from WWE. At first, she was shocked and didn’t really know how to feel. She said working there, you always know you could get fired at any time. It’s something wrestlers joke about, and while she didn’t think about it every day, it was always in the back of her mind because that’s how the business works.

Chance didn’t expect to be released but after thinking about it, she realized there might have been some signs. Even then, things change so much in wrestling that if she worried every time something was different, she wouldn’t have enjoyed her time.

Even though it was a shock, she had been with WWE for many years, so it felt a bit normal. Right now, she’s trying to understand her feelings and figure out how she feels about it all. She’s sad because she knows she had more to show and do, but she also knows there’s always more you can do in life.

“I think at first I thought that I was in shock and not able to process it, because I feel like when you work there, there is a joke of you could literally be fired at any time. We’re nervous about it often. Not like I’m sitting there upset every day. But enough that someone will make a random joke every now and then like oh, something happened. Well, what if we get fired? It is in the back of your mind because it does happen, and you know how the business works. But I actually was very surprised. It wasn’t on my radar. Then as I was telling the story of kind of how it led up to it, at first I was like, Yeah, I really didn’t have any notice. Then as I told the story, I was like wait, maybe I could have taken some of those as signs that something could have been coming. But also things change so often.

If every time something got pushed, or every time we didn’t travel I went into a spiral thinking that we were gonna get fired, I wouldn’t have enjoyed my time. So I feel like I was surprised. It was a shock, but I had been there for so many years that I think that’s normal. So now I’m just working on really letting myself process it and kind of feel everything, figure out how I feel. So I’m not really sure. I’m bummed because I know that I have a lot more potential that I could have shown that I didn’t get to. But if I think about it, I could really say that about anything I’ve done. There is no top, there’s always more you can do. So I think I will come to terms with that. It’s just you kind of have to grieve it, appreciate it, be grateful. Be okay that it’s sad and then be kind of excited for whatever’s gonna come next.”

Katana Chance also stated that WWE never really gave her a chance to truly find herself as a character. Nonetheless, we’ll have to see what the future holds for Chance, especially since her WWE departure has left her struggling with unfinished business.

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