Renee Young Reveals Why She Decided To Leave WWE

For years Renee Young was a mainstay on WWE programming, but a few weeks ago it was reported that she had given her notice to the company, and she officially finished up with WWE at the SummerSlam pay-per-view.

Where Renee Young goes from here is anyone’s guess, but it doesn’t look like we’ll be seeing her anytime soon, as she’s confirmed that she has a hefty non-compete clause which extends beyond 90 days.

The former WWE broadcaster opened up about her departure during the SI Media Podcast with Jimmy Traina, and she noted that she hit a point where she just felt like there was nothing left for her to do in WWE.

“I don’t know if there was a definitive ‘I’m leaving now’ [moment]. Backstage got canceled, I got COVID, a lot of s— just kind of happened… I’m at home, I get my diagnosis, that same day I found out that Backstage gets canceled. But it was really with Backstage being canceled that I was like, ‘What am I doing? I’m not really doing anything anymore and my skill set of being a host, there’s just nowhere for me to do it anymore. Even with Talking Smack coming back, I had heard the rumblings that Talking Smack was making its way back, I was planning on perhaps doing that. But I was like, ‘You know what? I feel like I’m taking steps backward. I’m sorta spinning my wheels to go back and do a show. To not be doing it with [Daniel Bryan.] To not be doing it with [former WWE producer and VP of Television Production] Mike Mansury, who also is no longer with WWE. But that was sort of the magic of what that show was to me.

Renee Young also confirmed that she’ll still be working with FOX in some capacity, but it’s not known exactly what her role will be. Stay tuned for updates.