Indi Hartwell has spoken about her release from WWE.
The former NXT Women’s Champion was speaking in a video uploaded on Saturday to her newly created YouTube channel.
Hartwell said:
Let’s address the elephant in the room. Okay, so a week ago today I was released from my WWE contract and it’s been a weird week of different feelings and emotions.
It’s still pretty fresh but, honestly, I can say that I’m doing well and I’m feeling good. Now, I’m sure a lot of people can say, you know, “How did you not see this coming? You should have seen this coming.” But, honestly, the past few weeks — like, maybe two, three weeks of being back on TV — I didn’t have that feeling at all and I didn’t expect it but I took it like a champ, honestly.
The positive experiences that I had there and all my positive feelings, they outweigh any negative feelings. I am very much looking on the bright side of things. I love to keep perspective, so that’s why I feel like I’ve been so positive about this and I hope that’s evident in the message that I put out on Instagram.
I’ve just really truly appreciated every single person that’s reached out to me to check on me, to send me love. I’ve loved reading through all the comments of people saying nice things. And for those of you who didn’t reach out to me, you are on my naughty list — I’ve got all your names written down here.
It honestly has been really nice to be reminded of how loved I am, so I do really truly appreciate anyone who’s given me a positive message.
I’m sure I’ll talk about it all more as the weeks go on as I upload more but, I think, for now, I’ll leave it at that. Please like, comment, subscribe, comment, anything. Comment your favorite memory of me. And, guys, just remember one thing: don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened. Indi Wrestling out.
The Australian-born 28-year-old, real name Samantha De Martin, signed with WWE in November 2019, and debuted in NXT in January 2020. Her accomplishments in the company include winning the NXT Women’s Tag Team Championship with Candice LeRae and later capturing the NXT Women’s Championship in April 2023
She was called up to WWE’s main roster in 2023, initially appearing on Raw before moving to SmackDown. Her last televised appearance with the company was on a prerecorded episode of SmackDown that aired on the day of her release on Friday, November 1st.
