Cora Jade Exposes Body Shaming Culture in WWE: ‘I Hope Someone Higher Up Saw It’

Cora Jade isn’t here to sugarcoat her experience in WWE—and she isn’t interested in burning bridges either.

Speaking with Denise Salcedo, the former NXT star opened up about her decision to publicly address the body shaming she endured during her time with WWE, making it clear she’s not out to bash the company—but she won’t sit quietly, either.

“When I got released, obviously I knew I was going to do interviews and you do think about what you’re going to say and stuff like that, but I always knew I never wanted to, and I don’t have any reason to burn my bridges with WWE. I’m not going to ever sit here and be on a bash WWE tirade and all that kind of stuff. But I did know that I also never want to be one of those people who, just because it was my dream and because it was everything I ever wanted, I’m not just going to come and be fake and be like everything was perfect and I loved it, just because I want them to call me back. Like, that’s not the case at all.”

Despite being proud of her WWE run, Cora made it clear she’s focused on her future—and not waiting by the phone.

“I’m very confident in who I am and what I’m doing right now, so I’m not necessarily waiting for that call. Like I said, if it comes, it comes. If it doesn’t, that’s fine. I’m doing my own thing right now.”

Her decision to speak out about her experience wasn’t rooted in anger—it was about staying true to herself.

“I always wanted to remain real in the sense of like, this is my truth, this is my story, this is what I went through. I’m not sitting here bashing WWE. I’m not talking about them. I’m not, you know, sitting here blowing up the internet because I’m pissed off. It’s just, I’m a very blunt, real person at the end of the day. And yeah, it was my dream. I did love it. I love my time there. There’s so many things I’m grateful for. There were things that pissed me off. So I’m not going to sit here and be quiet and just act like it wasn’t because at the end of the day, I feel like everyone deserves to speak their truth. And that doesn’t mean that I’m talking on WWE. It was just my truth.”

Cora admitted that while she was young at the time, the body shaming wasn’t an isolated incident—and seeing an article that labeled released talent as “lazy” pushed her to speak up.

“Obviously, I feel like I was very young at that time. And not to say that it didn’t happen, you know, on more than one occasion, but I guess my sense in putting that out there wasn’t to bash WWE. And maybe it did look like that in a way because I did tweet out of anger at a point. And I think everyone does at some point, which isn’t the best. But I did see that lazy, dirty article, and it did piss me off because I was like, if you only knew. But it’s just, I feel like if anything, I just hope that me saying something… I’m sure there are girls that feel that way. Every woman feels that way at some point, I’m sure. Someone’s saying to somebody right now, who knows? But I hope… all my hope is that by seeing that, maybe someone, I don’t know, someone higher up or anybody saw it, maybe was like, hey, that’s kind of f**ed up. Like maybe we should not speak on women’s bodies.”

Her goal wasn’t to stir controversy—it was to spark change.

“My hope is just somebody saw that and put something in someone’s head to be like, hey, maybe we should not talk about women’s bodies like this. And then maybe I hope someone, maybe another female wrestler saw that and they feel like they can speak up or, you know, stick up for themselves. Because I feel like you should always be able to do that, especially as a woman. I don’t think you should ever have to sit down and be quiet and keep your mouth shut out of fear of losing your dream job or something like that, you know, because I feel like my morals come before anything else.”

Cora admitted that standing up for herself may come with consequences, but it’s a risk she’s always willing to take.

“I will always stand up for myself and what I believe in and what I feel is right, you know, rather than just sitting down and being quiet. And maybe that’s my downfall. I don’t know. But you know, that’s just how I am. And I hope by that somebody either realized how they should be speaking to women anywhere, not even just WWE, anywhere. Or I hope that someone, you know, who maybe felt that they’re getting spoken to in a way that they feel they shouldn’t, that it is okay to speak up.”

Cora Jade made it clear she’s proud of what she’s accomplished—but she’s not biting her tongue for anyone.

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