Kayla Becker discusses life after WWE.
Kayla Becker spent eight years in WWE. As Kayla Braxton, she did backstage interviews and pre-show panels. She also hosted The Bump. Becker wrapped up with WWE after the June 28th episode of WWE SmackDown.
Speaking on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Kayla Becker was asked to comment on how life after WWE had been going.
“I feel really good. I think anytime you’re somewhere for so long and it becomes such a big part of your life, I think it was difficult for me to know how I was going to feel when I stepped away. I’ve had a little bit of FOMO when I see the show is on, or see my friends posting about their matches and stuff backstage, but I feel really good. I think I made the right decision. It was definitely time for me to go. There was nothing negative about my reason for leaving. It was just done everything I can do there, I’ve hit the ceiling at this time. At that point, I was just kind of wasting my time, and I think everybody else’s time. Someone else could be moving into my spot, and then I could be moving on to the next part of my life. So I’m really at peace with it," Becker said.
Becker was also asked to discuss her decision to leave WWE, and she noted that she had been contemplating it for a while. She discussed how she made the decision, and she recalled how she realized that it was time to leave.
“I think it’s something I’ve been kind of contemplating for a while. I think once I stepped down from The Bump, I moved to Los Angeles, it was very clear I was kind of trying to find what my next phase of life was going to be career-wise. I think the company kind of acknowledged that as well, and they were very supportive. When I moved out to LA they put a studio in my apartment. They wanted me to continue doing The Bump until I was like, 'Okay, I think it’s time that Megan Morant takes over this role full-time, and you have your studio crew in Stamford.' Then I feel like on SmackDown, it’s hard, it’s a two-hour show, so there’s not a lot of room for backstage interviews on SmackDown. You gotta get the stories in there. So I wasn’t doing much backstage at SmackDown, and then I wasn’t really doing the kick-off show panels anymore. So I was just kind of seeing the writing on the wall a little bit and just thought, you know, I feel good at where my life is outside of WWE. So I just thought it was [time], and while everybody was getting long, everything was amicable. The company was very supportive of me stepping down too, the door is always open. It was very nice to hear. But yeah, everything was just the perfect timing to do that," Becker said.
During the interview, Becker said that she thought her time in wrestling was done. Click here to see what she had to say.
Becker recently said that fans were about to see her again, but not in wrestling. Check out her comments here.
Thanks to Chris Van Vliet and his team for sharing these quotes.
