Former WWE star Shotzi Blackheart has opened up about her recent departure from the company.
Shotzi Blackheart WWE Contract expired in May 2025, and she made her return to the independent wrestling scene in June 2025, In an interview on the Rulebreakers podcast with Saraya, Shotzi was asked if she was expecting to be let go from the company.
She said: “Yes and no. I had just came back from an ACL tear. So, coming back from a huge injury and not being on TV for like almost a year, I was kind of not surprised. They’re just like we lasted a year without you, so we’ll just let you go now that your contract is up. In that aspect, I wasn’t realized surprised. Shotzi stated that she was disappointed in the split because she thought Triple H really believed in her. “I don’t know, I always thought that Hunter really believed in me, so it was a little disappointing. Yeah, I just felt like, dang, they gave up on me.”
Shotzi felt that WWE never gave her the chance to show her full potential after returning from injury. “I was in such a bad space for a few years with everything that I was going through and I was coming back from injury so much stronger, not just physically but mentally too. I was just ready to kill it coming back and I didn’t even get the opportunity to. So, I felt like they left a lot of meat on the bone, I was coming back on fire and ready to give them me, like the real me. I didn’t get the chance to show it.” h/t to Fightful for the transcription.
