Elektra Lopez Claims WWE Never Gave Her a Fair Chance Before Releasing Her

Elektra Lopez was released by WWE back in February and this came as a shock to many since she clearly had a bright future ahead of her in WWE. She has now addressed her unexpected release and admitted she didn’t expect it at all.

While speaking on the Fan’s View podcast, Elektra Lopez talked about her WWE release and said it was a big surprise because she had just been on SmackDown that week and was feeling hopeful.

A new writer had joined the team, and she had been sharing ideas and asking to be on live shows. Lopez noted she didn’t just want to manage, she wanted to wrestle as well. She had trained as a wrestler and wanted to show what she could do in the ring, not just be in the show of Legado del Fantasma.

“I was super surprised because I was just on TV that Friday. It was out of nowhere. I was at TV on Friday and we had just gotten assigned a new writer. I was super excited. I had been pitching ideas for months. I was saying I wanted to be on live events and wanted to work with girls because I want to wrestle. I don’t want to just manage. I don’t mind managing, but I want to be able to do both because of how it was when I was in NXT, I was mostly managing them and I wanted it to be different because I wanted to wrestle. I can wrestle and when I tried out, I tried out as a wrestler, not as a manger. I can do both and have no problem doing that, but I also wanted to build a name for myself, not just be in the shadows of the boys.”

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Even though Lopez was ready to take on more, she felt WWE didn’t give her a fair chance at all. She said they put her in a manager role and didn’t let her show her full talent before letting her go.

The call about her release came later that same day after she got home, and no reason was given. She felt disappointed and shocked, especially since it happened exactly one year after she had been moved up to the main roster.

“I was on TV that Friday. People were getting released while we were at work. ‘Oh s***, maybe I dodged this bullet this round.’ I get home and it was maybe 2:30 in the afternoon and I get a call, and they told me the news. No reason given. Nothing. Again, I’m not saying anything bad about anybody, I don’t want that to be misconstrued, but I had worked so hard for this and I feel like I wasn’t given a fair opportunity. If I were given an opportunity and I failed, I can understand it, but you didn’t really give me an opportunity to show you what I can do when I’m more than just a manager. You brought me up to be in the role and put me in a box and then you cut me because it didn’t work out. You didn’t let me open that box and show you what I can do. I was very surprised. Got no explanation as to what the reason was. I was very shocked. It was a year to the day that I had gotten called up to the main roster.”

WWE is clearly in the rearview mirror for Elektra Lopez as she is set to make an appearance at House of Glory’s Puerto Rican Weekend event on June 7th at the NYC Arena. Therefore, we’ll have to see how well Elektra Lopez will fare in the independent circuit this year, as it’s very clear she wants to show WWE they made a mistake by releasing her.