Real reason behind Zelina Vega’s WWE release revealed

Archie Blade | 14/11/2020
Real reason behind Zelina Vega’s WWE release revealed

Real reason behind Zelina Vega’s WWE release revealed. Her departure from the promotion was announced right before tonight’s episode of SmackDown.

The WWE announced Zelina Vega’s release earlier in the night. The announcement came shortly after she Tweeted her support for Unionization. This led to speculation that her firing was a direct result of her post on her social media.


Also read: Zelina Vega released from WWE after tweeting in support of Unionization

It has since emerged that her firing was planned long before her tweet came out. In fact, Vega was informed late in the afternoon that she was being released from the company before tonight’s SmackDown tapings according to PWInsider.com.

Real reason behind Zelina Vega’s WWE release revealed

According to the report, Vega and the WWE have been at loggerheads since their edict regarding third party apps such as Twitch and Cameo. Vega stopped streaming online like the others. However, she is reported to have been very vocal about maintaining her Twitch account. So much so that some WWE talent believe she was released in order to send a message to the rest of the locker room.

The report also adds that Xavier Woods and AJ Styles tried to convince Vince McMahon to change his mind. However, the duo failed and the mandate stood as is.

Vega has since confirmed that she will return to Twitch, presumably under her former ring name, Thea Trinidad.


Following her release, Vega will be under the 90-day no compete clause, forbidding her from joining another promotion until mid-February next year.

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Archie Blade

Archie is a WWE and UFC Editor/Author at the SportsRush. Like most combat sports enthusiasts, his passion for watching people fight began with WWE when he witnessed a young Brock Lesnar massacre Hulk Hogan back in 2002. This very passion soon branched out to boxing and mixed martial arts. Over the years he fell in love with the theatrics that preceded the bell and the poetic carnage that followed after. Each bruise a story to tell, each wound a song of struggle, his greatest desire is to be there to witness it all. His favorite wrestler is Shawn Michaels and he believes that GSP is the greatest to ever step foot inside the octagon. Apart from wrestling, he is also fond of poetry and music.

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