The former WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions, the IIconics, on Thursday mentioned their surprising launch by the World Wrestling Entertainment final month. The duo additionally talked about the opportunity of signing for All Elite Wrestling (AEW) or Impact Wrestling. Billie Kay and Peyton Royce had been among the many many different star wrestlers who had been dropped by WWE final month.
Speaking about her departure from the WWE universe, Jessica McKay, previously referred to as Billie Kay mentioned that she had no concept that the sports activities leisure firm was planning to launch them. McKay even went on to disclose that when she acquired the telephone name from WWE, she presumed it might be about some new plot.
McKay additional mentioned that after listening to that WWE is just not planning to increase her contract, she was “shocked and heartbroken”.
The different half of the IIconics, Cassie Lee, popularly referred to as Peyton Royce, additionally expressed her “absolute shock” after listening to the information.
Both McKay and Lee lately appeared on Busted Open Radio.
“So, it was absolutely a shock, because, obviously they do the budget cuts once a year, but they hadn’t done it in a while, and then I thought last years was just purely because of the pandemic, so I didn’t see it coming and maybe I should have, especially because I was really doing nothing. Since they spilt us up,” Lee said.
The IIconics, an Australian professional wrestling tag team, comprising Kay and Royce, was spilt by WWE in the second half of 2020. After their split, Kay was moved to SmackDown, while Royce was drafted to RAW.
The duo also spoke about the possibility of singing with other pro-wrestling companies like AEW and IMPACT Wrestling in the same interview, saying that it would be a tough decision on their part.
Lee also went on to elaborate on how they can help AEW in developing their women’s division. On the other hand, if they join IMPACT then the company already has a “well-established Knockouts division that we could easily slip into.”
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