Paige’s run with WWE will soon be coming to an end as she confirmed recently that her contract with the company will expire on July 7th. Ahead of her WWE departure Paige wrote an emotional goodbye to the company in the Player’s Tribune, and she also showed her appreciation for how WWE treated her when she was going through hard times.
“You learn about people’s true nature, I’ve found, from how they treat you when you’re closer to the bottom. And a few years ago I got pretty close to the bottom.”
“It was like, almost overnight, so many things changed: Suddenly my neck was f*cked and I couldn’t wrestle. I popped a drug test. My sex tape leaked. I got depressed. I started drinking. And I became less of an asset to WWE, and more of a liability, for a long time. I’m sure of it.”
“But they never lost faith in me — they never once threw me off to the side. They got me the help I needed when I needed help, and they gave me the time and space I needed when I needed time and space.”
“They even gave me a full segment on Raw to announce my in-ring retirement. I’ll cherish that for the rest of my life. Not just getting to make the announcement like I did, but also the respect it showed on WWE’s part, that they viewed me as worthy of that kind of treatment — the kind normally reserved for an Edge, or a Daniel Bryan, or an HBK, or a Hunter.”
Paige officially retired from in-ring competition due to injury in 2017. Since announcing her WWE departure there’s been a lot of speculation about her future. The former Divas Champion confirmed a few weeks ago that she has not been cleared to compete, but noted that she feels healthy enough to step into the ring. Stay tuned for more updates as they become available.
