An update on Newell's post-WWE bookings.
In a media appearance, Nixon Newell spoke candidly about free agency and shared that she's had a severe lack of bookings. She added that the bookings she has done have been great.
Her latest media appearance was for Busted Open and she provided an update on her post-WWE run. She said the bookings have picked up since releasing a promo video on social media. She was asked if the lack of promoting herself was the reason why there was a lack of bookings.
Newell then shared that she was in a 'massive car wreck' days after her release from WWE.
“Um, I definitely think so. It is, it is definitely a hustle and I do think that’s part of it. I went through quite a lot in the last couple of months which unfortunately, like, I put out a post saying wrestling unfortunately did take a backstep for me. Within days of being released, I was in a massive car wreck. So I’d been sorting that out and then the 90 days came up, I had to go straight back home and do some shows there but, life has just been so crazy that unfortunately, wrestling did take a backstep but, when I released a promo the other day on Instagram, the feedback and the attraction that it got made me understand and prove to myself that I was right where yeah… definitely been laxing. You shouldn’t have put wrestling so far back in your life. So now, I’m taking the initiative of doing promos, doing pictures, doing a bunch of stuff just to get myself back out there, get the name Nixon Newell back in people’s minds because that’s where I wanna be. I see myself doing nothing but wrestling in my entire life. I wanna be wrestling-related for as long as I physically can, whether it’s an active wrestler, producer, trainer, coach, anything to do with wrestling. This is my life and has been my life since I was 16. This is gonna be my 14th year in wrestling this year. So, I do truly believe that after posting that promo and seeing the reactions that it got, I do believe I’ve put wrestling a bit too far than I should’ve done. Even though life is rough, life’s rough for everyone. So it is on my part where I definitely should have been a bit more proactive but, now that I’ve seen that, my foot’s on the gas pedal and I’m going so in the last what? Week and a half since I posted it, my bookings have picked up and I’m wrestling quite frequently now. Still not as busy as I’d like to be. But it’s starting to pick up now so I’ve realized my mistakes and I’m rectifying that mistake.”
Before the interview wrapped, she was asked about the possibility of a third WWE run, and here's what she had to say:
“Possibly, the door I hope is always open (for a WWE return) but right now, I wanna wrestle everywhere and anywhere. Yes, WWE is cool and I was lucky enough and fortunate enough to have done it twice. But, there’s so many incredible companies out there right now, like TNA, like AEW, like MLW. GCW. All these places that I wanna go, before I even think about, you know, going back there because it could be true that the WWE could not be for me. I’ve done it twice. Fortunately and unfortunately, I’ve done it twice. But, I wanna wrestle places that want me, and right now, they don’t. So I wanna wrestle places that want me and have fun wrestling again.”
The former Tegan Nox has competed in four matches since her WWE exit. The latest was in her hometown of Wales in May.
If the quotes in this article are used, please credit Busted Open with an H/T to Fightful for the transcriptions.
