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Naomi and Jimmy Uso were the latest guests of Stephanie McMahon’s new podcast, What’s Your Story, and the WWE RAW Women’s Champion recalled the night she walked out of the company.
Naomi and Sasha Banks were WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions at the time and the reports claim that the two walked out on the promotion due to creative frustrations and feeling disrespected as tag champs.
Naomi remembered that night vividly and she actually struggled with how she was going to move forward after her bold move.
“I think when the walkout and all of that happened, I think that was the first time honestly, in my adult life, where I had the chance to stop, rethink, redefine, and figure out what I really wanted next, how I wanted my life to move forward from this. And I really, in the beginning, struggled trying to process that. I thought I didn’t want to wrestle anymore. I thought I was done. [Jimmy] was also in a different point in his career. He was in the thick of Bloodline life.
“He did such a great job, but also, I had to go through a lot emotionally and mentally on my own because he had his own stuff going on. And that was the first time where I just had to do the work on myself. And it was, I think it was great. It made me stronger. It relit a fire in me. I became a lot more confident in myself because I didn’t have him to reassure me on things about work. And I just thought I grew so much through that and through that time period when I was gone. So when I came back, I was ready. I was refreshed. And I was intentional on what I wanted this time to be like. And I just — I focused, I locked in, and I worked hard on it. And it paid off.”
And it paid off for sure. Naomi made the transition over to TNA and it helped her grow as a performer. The entire interview is pretty great, though unfortunately, there’s no update on the future of Naomi and the WWE World Women’s Championship. Given that Stephanie Vaquer is scheduled to challenge for the belt in a couple of weeks, that news will be addressed soon. Hopefully, it’s nothing serious and Naomi can come back and resume her title run.