Why did Kelly Kelly miss Evolution II?
There were reports that the former WWE Diva’s Champion was invited to the all-women’s PLE, but Kelly Kelly ended up declining the invitation. Kelly Kelly was simply going to be at ringside and smile and wave at the fans, which was the reported reason she didn’t have much interest in going.
Kelly Kelly recently talked to Chris Van Vliet and cleared up those rumors about her not going to Evolution II. Apparently, the reasoning behind declining the show was due to the other commitments she had beforehand (Transcript courtesy of Fightful)
“I wanted to talk about this because it was a thing so, when I got the call — it was in Atlanta, obviously… again, it was one of the weekends, the only weekend I had off… and my kids, I think they had something going on, and I feel like when I come back, I want my kids to see me there and they wouldn’t have been able to make it. I don’t know.
There were just a lot of different things that were kind of keeping me from going. Of course, you read the dirt sheets and every — this is another thing. Somebody on the dirt sheets was like, ‘Oh, it’s somebody in the higher ups said that she only wants to come back if she has a match,’ which could not have been farther from the truth. I didn’t need a match to come back.
If it was in L.A., I would have been there, no questions asked. But to fly across the country to do that, like I said in the beginning, with my kids, I’m very picky about what I say yes and no to right now. Maybe when they’re six or seven and they’re grown or bigger and stuff like that, then, I probably would have done it but it’s just, like I said, that was the one weekend I had off. I didn’t wanna get them on a plane and do this. There was just a bunch of different things… It was a last-minute call.”
Kelly Kelly addresses the rumors of her not doing the show because she didn’t have a match and she shoots them down pretty quickly.
I think my husband had to work that weekend too so then I was gonna have to figure out my nanny situation. Like I said, if it was on the West Coast, I could have made it work. I could have figured something out. But, my husband was having to — he’s an engineer. He’s building the underground subways here in L.A., and they were doing a night thing so he was having to work.
It was just a lot, and that’s the thing, it had nothing to do with wanting a singles match and someone said the higher-ups, and WWE knows exactly why I said no, and they were totally — they were like, ‘When we’re in L.A., you’ll be there?’ And I’m like, ‘Yes, I will be there.’ So, that was never a conversation, like, Kelly has to come back, she has to be in a match. Never, never… They (social media) said, ‘Oh, well, the higher up said she hasn’t been in the ring in 13 years.’ When I’ve done Battle Royals and stuff, I’ve gotten the call a week before and I got in the ring and I wrestled every day. So, it has nothing to do with that.
Everybody that I talk to in WWE knows the reason, so it’s just like for people to come out and be like, ‘Oh, she thinks she’s better than sitting in the crowd’ and, ‘She thinks that she deserves a match’ and it’s like, no, I would have gladly — when they came for the Netflix thing, I wanted to go to that, because it was in L.A. so, it’s just different circumstances that happen, and life, right? So, at the end of the day, I have to thank WWE for my career. They’re who made me.
I wouldn’t have the career that I have if it wasn’t for them. I am so appreciative of them. That’s why I signed a Legends deal and that’s why I still come back all the time. But yeah, I think, hopefully, a few years down the line when my kids will be able to sit next to me if I’m in the crowd and cheer me on.”
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