On quitting Impact and joining Lucha Underground prior to going to WWE:
A lot of people speculated what happened, but nobody actually asked me. WWE had never spoken to me. I definitely thought at that time they would hire me, but they didn’t. I didn’t go from IMPACT to WWE, I went to Lucha Underground and I was mad because WWE didn’t want me after I had quit IMPACT. It was heartbreaking. I was coming up on two years at IMPACT and I was really struggling financially. I spent all my money getting a Visa and was flying back and forth and trying to look like a superstar. I decided, ‘I’ve done a lot of awesome things in this company, but I don’t want to be the last one at this party. I want to leave the party before the party kicks me out.
Talks giving Impact notice she was leaving shortly after winning the Knockouts title:
Once I make a decision, I can’t go back on it. I wasn’t supposed to win the title at the Ottawa taping. [Winning the title] wasn’t on my radar and I was okay with that. I never thought I deserved the title because I was so new to wrestling and learning how to be a TV wrestler. I went into the taping knowing I was going to give my notice. I was going to wait until the last day and I won the title on the second to last day. When they told me, I was like, ‘Holy shit.’ My mind was blown. I told myself, ‘they’re giving me a huge opportunity, they have faith in me, I will do them proud and see where it goes.’ After I won, I went to the hotel and was up all night. I sent an email saying, ‘I’m sorry, I can’t be at the company any longer’ at three in the morning. It was weighing on me and I needed them to know that they gave me something so precious and I was already checked out. We had a good conversation and I told them whatever the plans were, I would go through with it. I shouldn’t have even accepted [the title].
(H/T and transcribed by Fightful)
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