Lacey Evans was a name constantly pushed under the creative leadership of Vince McMahon throughout her time on the WWE main roster.
Evans first signed with WWE in 2016, where she trained at the Performance Center and was sent to NXT for developmental before being called up to the main roster three years later with several start-and-stop pushes and character overhauls. Evans hadn’t been prominently featured in a storyline in the months leading up to her departure. Her last match was a dark bout with Zelina Vega in July 2023, before she left the following month.
Speaking with Carlo Perruzza, Evans revealed WWE denied her release request, causing her to wait out for the expiration of her deal. She also said that she would return to wrestling if a company was interested. However, she has a lot going on personally at the moment. Here are the highlights:
On WWE not granting her the release: “It was incredible. I love the WWE. It was awesome. I invested so much money in properties, and I’m doing great. I appreciate everything that I have gotten knowledge-wise and relationship-wise. But, from the beginning of my career, I’ve always wanted a family; I’ve always wanted a big family, I’ve always wanted to be a mom, I’ve always wanted to be a wife, and there was nothing that would ever come between that. Seven years ago, I was with the WWE. I was 33 when I finally got to get out of my…they wouldn’t even let me out of my contract, which was fine. You sign a contract; you give ‘em your word. So I had to wait until it ran out, and it ran out in August.”
On whether she loved wrestling: “I loved wrestling; don’t get me wrong. It wasn’t my passion. But I loved the hard-hitting action.“
On her future in wrestling: ”If there’s a company out there that will bring me in to kick ass and get my ass kicked, that’s great. But right now, we are focused on a lot. We have a lot of investment properties. We invested from all the blessings that WWE has given us. We have a construction company; my husband’s a general contractor, which we’ve ran prior to WWE. So we do a lot. We also teach our kids work ethic. We have Air BNBs; we have properties; and we have a cafe named after our girls. I homeschool; I take all that very serious.”
If you use any portion of the quotes from this article, please credit Carlo Perruzza with an h/t to WrestlingNews.co for the transcription.
