Deonna Purrazzo was just one of many Superstars released by WWE last month, and during an interview with the Wrestling Inc. Daily podcast, she expressed her frustration with how she was used by the company, and her frustrations being part of the NXT brand (she was sometimes used on RAW and SmackDown, but only as an enhancement talent).
Purrazzo actually pulled out of All In - the event which preceded the creation of All Elite Wrestling - because she signed with WWE, but now believes she was only given a chance by the company to hurt their rivals.
"This culminated in, ‘She’s going to go somewhere else and do something good with other people, so we’re going to bring her here,'" she explains. "If they had done something with me, then that would have been fine. But I feel that in the last year or two with AEW, [WWE] tended to be hoarding."
As for whether she would no return to AEW, Purrazzo added: "I don’t know. I feel like there was probably some, ‘Oh, that sucks’ because I committed to doing All In and I actually tried to push my WWE signing date back so I could still do All In. But WWE wasn’t having it, I have to pick and choose those battles, but I don’t think it affected anyone negatively. That’s not anything I’ve heard or has stopped me from being friendly with people that work for AEW."
She concluded by saying that she's currently unsure where she will permanently land, but says, "It’s going to be interesting to see those negotiations and see where I land." Of course, since this interview took place, vignettes have been aired on IMPACT Wrestling teasing Purrazzo's debut, but we don't know how long she'll be part of that company for.