Indi Hartwell was moved to the main roster of WWE in the 2023 WWE Draft while she was the reigning NXT Women's Champion.
Hartwell was injured at the time and didn't return until July. After being sparingly used, she reunited with Candice LeRae, her "mom" in The Way, a group with Johnny Gargano and Austin Theory in NXT.
Speaking on Busted Open Radio, Hartwell was asked if there were plans when she was called up.
"It was kind of a wait and see. I really didn’t hear anything. Maybe that’s also on me for not pushing for more information. I was kind of the new girl there. I always felt on eggshells my whole time that I was there. I didn’t want to rock the boat. I was kind of just happy to do whatever was asked of me. When I got called up, I think there were plans to put The Way back together, and then slowly, every week, our segment would get cut, or we’d get moved to Raw Talk, and eventually, it would get cut. Sometimes, I would get a call saying I wasn’t needed for TV and I wouldn’t be traveling that week. That’s when I would get really scared, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m going to get released.’ I always had it in the back of my mind that I’m going to get released. Not that I manifested that, but I was always scared of it. It wasn’t until maybe my last two weeks of being in WWE where I finally felt comfortable and confident. ‘I’m good now,’ and that’s when it happened. As for plans, I never really heard of anything. I did get a few opportunities. I got to wrestle in my home country in a stadium. I got to wrestle in front of my family for WWE. That was one of the best experiences. I got to wrestle in Saudi. I got to tag with Candice again, which was awesome. I’m grateful, but I didn’t really hear much of plans," she said.
Hartwell was regularly teaming with Candice when she was released in October 2024.
Elsewhere during the interview, Hartwell commented on her future now that she's a free agent. You can find her full comments by clicking here.
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