Indi Hartwell was released by WWE on October 25, 2024.
The news came hours before she was set to team with Candice LeRae against Bayley & Naomi on WWE SmackDown in a match that was taped the week prior.
Speaking to Chris Van Vliet on Insight, Hartwell reflected on her release.
"I missed the call when they called me to release me, so I made the call to get fired. I had a text message, I didn't see I had a missed call, and I had a text message saying, 'Hey, it's blah blah blah from [Talent Relations], can you call us back?' I called back and I thought it was for a completely different topic. I had lost my voice as well, so when I called back, 'Hey, sorry, I lost my voice.' They're like, 'We're calling with some unfortunate news.' I was so confused because I wanted to say, 'What do you mean? I'm on the show tonight. My match was taped last week. I'm on the show tonight.' It was weird," she recalled.
Asked if there was any talk of her match being removed from the show, Indi replied, "No, I don't think so. It was already filmed and part of the story. It was weird. It happened a lot back in the day with 205 Live. People had filmed a match that week and then got released the day the match was going to air on 205 Live. Some people didn't know that SmackDown was taped the week before, so they thought I got released and had to go out that night and wrestle."
Hartwell would compete for various independent promotions before signing with TNA at TNA Rebellion.
Elsewhere during the interview, Hartwell explained how she got to keep her ring name. You can find her full comments here.
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