Former WWE Superstar Mandy Rose (Amanda Saccomanno) is speaking out following her surprise departure from the company last month.
On Tuesday, Rose appeared on the Tamron Hall daytime talk show and spoke about why she was so hurt by the way things transpired. Among the newsworthy items covered, she says WWE never told her that her FanTime account was the reason she was being let go.
Lost and Confused
“Because of everything that’s happened since then, everything happens for a reason,” said Rose. “I can’t even say I was wronged, because I am so forever grateful for everything the WWE has presented me with. So, I can’t sit here and say I was wronged or not..
I am very hurt, nobody wants to get that call that they’re being fired from any job, so I was very hurt, I was very disappointed. I was disappointed so much more because of everything that I put into the business, but just the last year and a half, I was champion for 414 days, I unified those two titles that we just saw, I was the third longest-reigning NXT Women’s Champion.”
Rose accomplished a lot in the ring, but is also devastated because she truly enjoyed working with younger talent and helping them progress in their own careers. “I also created this must-see faction with two other women that are going to be brought up, and I got to see so many women develop their characters, younger than me, and in the beginning of their careers. To me, that was so important, because it was so rewarding to me.”
“Losing the title was honestly a gut punch. I was so disappointed, but at the end of the day, my purpose was gone, and that’s where I felt kind of lost and I felt confused, because of all the hard work I put in.”
– Mandy Rose
Driving home from that, a lot of things were going through my mind. You always think, there were a lot of answered questions and all that, at the end of the day, like I said, I love what I’ve done in the WWE and I love what the platform presented me with, so i am forever grateful.”
Mandy Rose lost out on a lucrative WWE contract, but the FanTime account that led to her departure has already made her a fortune. According to her manager, the account generated over a million dollars in December 2022.
