Earlier this summer, Kayla Braxton, real name Kayla Becker, announced she was leaving WWE after working for the company since 2016.
When she first joined the company, she went to NXT as a ring announcer before being moved to being a backstage interviewer in May 2017 on the main roster while working as a ring announcer for NXT. She joined the main roster full-time in 2019. She was also the co-host of The Bump and the host of Talking Smack.
During an appearance on the Nikki & Brie Show, Braxton addressed her decision.
Braxton said, “I was under contract. Announcers, we operate very differently. I just realized, within myself, after eight years, I’ve done everything I can do here. You know how the schedule is at WWE. It’s very hard to [accomplish] anything else you want to do. I just felt like I was starting to miss out on opportunities outside of the company. I wasn’t doing much anymore at my former position. I just had to make the decision, not knowing necessarily what I was about to do in that moment, but I had to walk away. It was all amicable. I just knew it was time for me to peace out.”
Since departing from WWE, Braxton has appeared in the feature film “Stranglehold” which stars Ashley Benson, Jake Lacy, Justin Long, and Ron Perlman.
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