Backstage Reaction To Indi Hartwell's WWE Release

It was revealed on Friday, November 1 that Indi Hartwell was being released from WWE, ending her five year tenure with the company in a run which saw her win the NXT Women’s Championship and NXT Women’s Tag Team Championships. When it comes to her release, it was reportedly a very unexpected one internally. 

According to word from Fightful Select, Hartwell’s exit was the most unexpected out of the group of names who were being let go. It is noted that several staff and talent in WWE felt that she was coming into her own as of late, pointing towards her social media skits as evidence. 

Hartwell reacted to her WWE departure on social media, posting the following message on her Instagram:

“I got to live out a childhood dream for the last 5 years and I’m so grateful! I’m just a girl from Australia who never took naur for an answer and made her dreams a reality. It all started with a match in Brooklyn at the Barclays Center and fittingly, ends there too. Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.”

In addition to Hartwell, both Baron Corbin and Tegan Nox were announced to be leaving WWE, with Corbin’s contract being allowed to expire and Nox being released.