A former WWE backstage producer was recently arrested in Vanderburgh County, Indiana. According to a report from PW Insider, Sarah Stock was arrested early Sunday morning and charged with aggravated battery, public intoxication, disorderly conduct, and resisting law enforcement.
She was booked and released early Sunday morning by the Vandenburgh Sheriff’s Department.
Stock had been with WWE since 2015 but was furloughed this spring and later released due to the ongoing global pandemic. She wrestled as Sarita in TNA Wrestling from 2009 to 2013. She has also competed for companies such as Shimmer as well as CMLL in Mexico. Stock had previously wrestled under the names Dark Angel and Canadian Dark Angel as well.
While in TNA, Stock won the promotion’s women’s tag-team championships twice. She won the inaugural titles in 2009 with Taylor Wilde. They would hold the belts for 106 days before dropping them to Awesome Kong and Hamada.
Stock would team with Zelina Vega in 2011 and again win the belts. This time her team defeated Angelina Love and Winter to gain the championships. They would hold the titles for 129 days until dropping them to Brooke Tessmacher and Tara. Her 2 reigns and 227 combined days spent with 1/2 of the women’s tag belts ranks her 5th all-time in the promotion.
WWE has been releasing staff this week who had been furloughed at the start of the pandemic. According to a report from PW Insider, two names recently released include Mike Rotunda (the former IRS/VK Wallstreet) and Sarah Stock.
Rotunda had been with the company as a road agent since 2006. As the pandemic caused a halt to WWE live events, he was furloughed in April. Rotunda is the father of current WWE Superstars Bray Wyatt and Bo Dallas. He is a 5x former WWE tag team champion having won the titles 3x with Ted Dibiase (as Money Inc) and twice with his brother-in-law Barry Windham.
Sarah Stock wrestled under the names Dark Angel and Sarita. She wrestled all over the world before signing with TNA in 2009. Stock then was hired by WWE in 2015 as a developmental trainer. Like many others, Stock was furloughed by the company in April.
It was also confirmed recently that longtime WWE employee Gerald Briscoe had also been released by the company. He had been with the company for 36 years working as a talent scout and in other roles. Briscoe had been furloughed in April as well.
– Former TNA Knockout Sarah Stock (Sarita) is now working for WWE as a backstage producer, according to PWInsider. She worked last night’s RAW in Denver. Stock was in line for a WWE Performance Center coaching job previously.
– Here are the top 10 moments from last night’s RAW with Goldberg’s return:
– As seen below, WWE Shop has released official merchandise for Goldberg and James Ellsworth:
There has been speculation recently regarding the WWE coaching status of Sara Amato after she appeared on a recent episode of the new WWE Network original series, “WWE Breaking Ground.”
Amato is still working as an agent with the main WWE roster, however she also doubles as a developmental trainer of talents at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. Additionally, former TNA Knockout Sarah Stock (Sarita) is also working with the female developmental talent in Orlando.
In related Breaking Ground news, the show gave the impression that William Regal teaches the promo classes at the Performance Center, however it is actually Ryan Katz who handles that responsibility.
Katz is a former independent wrestler by the name of “GQ Money,” who was said to be a “Dusty Rhodes Guy” and worked closely with The Dream before his passing.
– Paul Heyman turns 50 years old today. He was born on September 11, 1965.
– NXT Champion Finn Balor and Emma debuted new entrances at Thursday night’s NXT TV tapings from Full Sail University. Balor’s new entrance features white lights instead of fog and a large “Balor Club” logo on the big screen.
– Former TNA Knockout Sarita (Sarah Stock) has officially signed with WWE and will be working as a coach at the Performance Center in Orlando, according to PWInsider.com.
– The September 18th WWE live event in Montreal will feature Kevin Owens’ homecoming. He’ll be facing Cesaro. WWE has released this special edition ‘homecoming’ t-shirt for Owens:
There has been some speculation recently regarding former TNA Knockout Sarah Stock (aka Sarita and Dark Angel) possibly signing with WWE, and in this scenario, it appears to be a case of “where there’s smoke, there’s fire.”
It was noted by Dave Meltzer on the latest edition of Wrestling Observer Radio that Stock, who recently announced her departure from Mexico’s CMLL promotion, is indeed expected to sign with WWE and work as a coach at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.
Stock has been brought in to the WWE Performance Center as a guest coach a few times in the past year to help teach aspects of the “Lucha Libre” style of wrestling to the NXT Divas.
Former TNA Knockout Sarita (Sarah Stock) announced today that she’s leaving Mexico’s CMLL promotion and will be wrestling her final date for them at their September 18th Anniversary event.
She noted that she’s leaving to explore other opportunities and there’s speculation that she could be headed to WWE. She’s worked as a guest coach at the WWE Performance Center a several times over the past year.
Back in June, she was there teaching the NXT Divas how to wrestle the lucha libre style.
– In response to rumors that she is out of action due to a shoulder injury, NXT Women’s Champion Sasha Banks wrote the following on social media: “No I didn’t. Stupid news.”
– WWE recently posted the following clip of various talent singing Shawn Michaels’ infamous theme song.
– Former TNA Knockout Sarita (Sarah Stock) was recently at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida working with the NXT Divas. Stock was reportedly brought in to teach the women the Mexican style of wrestling. NXT coach Sara Del Rey tweeted out the following photo of Sarita working with some talent.
– WWE NXT Women’s Champion Sasha Banks responded to a report attributed to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter from Dave Meltzer claiming that she missed last week’s WWE NXT events due to an injury to either her arm or shoulder.
She quoted the report on her account on Tumblr and wrote, “No I didn’t stupid news.”
After successfully defending the WWE NXT Women’s Championship against Becky Lynch at WWE NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable, Banks didn’t appear at the following night’s WWE NXT tapings, nor did she work that weekend’s non-televised events. Meltzer says he was told she suffered either an arm or shoulder injury, but is not sure whether she suffered the injury during her match against Lynch or if she entered the contest hurt. Banks was scheduled to wrestle during the fourth WWE NXT episode taping but left Full Sail University to go to the hospital when her fiancé, Sarath Ton, was legitimately knocked unconscious during a tag match teaming with Jason Jordan against The Vaudevillians. Ton was recently hired by WWE to go on the road with the main roster and work as a seamster.
– It was reported in April that Sarah Stock, formerly known as Sarita in TNA Wrestling, served as a guest trainer at the WWE Performance Center for one week that month. She has been in Orlando, Florida since last week showing the ropes to some of WWE’s female talent. Sara Del Rey, WWE NXT Assistant Head Coach, put over the internationally acclaimed grappler on Twitter on Thursday.
It was reported in this week’s edition of Wrestling Observer Newsletter that Stock, who primarily competes for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) as Dark Angel, was brought in to teach the women the Mexican style of wrestling. The same publication reported earlier this month that Stock has not wrestled for CMLL since her initial training stint at the WWE Performance Center. She will, however, be making her return to CMLL ring this Saturday in a six-women tag team match. (see poster).
– Former TNA Knockout Sarita, who is working in CMLL under the name “Sarah Stock,” is working as a guest trainer at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida this week. Former WWE and WCW star Dave Taylor is also working as a guest trainer this week.
– WWE stock was up 1.64 percent on Monday, closing at $13.64 per share. The high today was $13.88 and the low was $13.40.
– Sheamus posted the following on his official Twitter account regarding his new theme song, “Hellfire.”
– According to this week’s issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, officials for Lucha Underground have discussed bringing in Sarah Stock (formerly known as Sarita in TNA Wrestling). These days, the ex-TNA Knockout primarily competes for Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), while making occasional tours to Japan.
– Upcoming mixed martial artist and former WWE Superstar CM Punk appeared in studio today for an interview with Opie With Jim Norton.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QqSVqhViEo
– Former WCW Superstar Buff Bagwell is scheduled to appear at Gulf Coast Wrestling’s “Slam Saturday” event on Saturday, January 31, 2015 in Morgan City, Louisiana. The show takes place at Morgan City Junior High, with concessions going toward the school. To view a flyer for the event, click here.