During her appearance on The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi podcast, former NXT on-screen General Manager Ava (Simone Johnson), daughter of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, spoke on her departure from the NXT brand and life after WWE.
Johnson said there was not one specific reason why she chose not to renew her contract with WWE and continue in her on-screen role. She added that she has no regrets leaving.
“There wasn’t one particular thing, unfortunately. It was like a lot of things and had been something that was on my mind for a while,” she said. “And I am so grateful for my time at WWE. I wouldn’t change it for the world. I got to live out the dream that [younger] me always wanted to. But I think it was just — it was time for something new. It was time for something different. And I really — I don’t regret leaving, and I’m really happy now.”
When asked if she wants to remain in the public-eye even after leaving WWE, she said “only to a certain degree.”
“I think to a certain degree, but I do feel like so much of my life was public for so long,” she responded. “I’m not sure if I would want to participate in entertainment in the scale that I did when I was at WWE. But I feel like I love the outlet that I have now of being able to like make cute travel vlogs and do that. Because obviously it’s still public and being here [on the podcast] is still public, but it’s just not to the same degree [as] at WWE.”
Johnson did note she is working with her mother Dany Garcia, who has management and clothing companies. She announced back on January 30 that she was not renewing her deal with WWE.
You can watch the full interview below:
Source: F4WOnline