WWE Hall of Famer Beth Phoenix recently appeared on the "Prime Time with Sean Mooney" podcast and addressed her decision to leave WWE back in 2012. Her final appearance for the company before she returned in 2017 saw her fired by Vickie Guerrero after a loss to AJ Lee.
At the time, it was said that she was leaving WWE for "family reasons" and it turns out that there was a lot of truth to that.
"I was really frustrated with where the women were at from a company standpoint, and the investment that was being made in us. I felt in my heart I had done my best, and I’d try really hard to change things but, at some point I just got really frustrated. Also, all the travel. I had been away from my family for a long time. We buried both my grandparents, my uncle passed away from cancer; I missed so many milestones in my families lives, that I just thought it was time to come home and be with them for a little bit and take a break from the road. And in that time, Adam’s career as an actor was taking off, and I had just had the baby. I just took that supportive role at home, and I loved it. I loved being a stay-at-Home mom. I followed wrestling, but I had just kind of made peace with, like, ‘OK, that was my career. I’m now a mom, and I’m going to find other things to do with my life’."
It's easy to see how all those things added up and why Phoenix decided that was the right time to leave WWE.
However, ever since her Hall of Fame induction, Phoenix has had a pretty significant presence in the company and even competed at this year's WrestleMania. She's currently serving as part of the NXT commentary team and is expected to remain in that role when the show moves to the USA Network next week.
What are your thoughts on Phoenix's remarks?