Ava Says She Has Received Death Threats Since The Rock's WWE Return

WWE NXT general manager Ava (formerly Ava Raine of the Schism stable) revealed that she has received death threats over her father's recent involvement in WWE programming.

Ava - real name Simone Johnson - is the daughter of The Rock, who recently made a surprise appearance on SmackDown and replaced Cody Rhodes as Roman Reigns' WrestleMania 40 opponent.

This booking decision has since been met with widespread fan backlash, including the hashtag #WeWantCody trending worldwide, and the live crowd at last night's WWE Raw chanting "Rocky sucks" during an in-ring segment featuring Rhodes.

However, some of the response appears to have gone too far, as Ava tweeted:

"Can ya’ll just leave me out of this ffs. I’m busy running a SHOW. Death threats over a situation I have nothing to do with…bffr. [be f***ing for real]"

Ava has since deleted her X/Twitter account.

Ava was last seen onscreen as part of Sunday's NXT Vengeance Day show, appearing in a backstage segment to promote the brand's upcoming events. She was recently made kayfabe general manager of NXT, acting as the day-to-day assistant of Shawn Michaels. Although a sinister heel as part of the Schism, Ava's new authority figure role appears to be as a babyface, chastising heels such as Lexis King and Dijak in recent weeks.