Viewpoint On Wrestling: Emma Released

Man, this one has caught me by surprise.  Just seen a post on Facebook, from WWE's official Facebook, that Emma has been released.

Emma, real name Tenille Dashwood, has been with WWE since 2011, when she was in their Florida Championship Wrestling developmental territory.  FCW became NXT in 2012, and competed several times for the NXT Women's Championship, but never won it.  She was called up to the main roster in 2014 and stayed there for about a year before returning to NXT.  She was once again called up to the main roster in March 2016.  And in all that time, she never won a single title.  In fact, she was barely midcard in the WWE women's roster, sometimes little more than a jobber.

I was expecting her to be part of the upcoming Survivor Series 5 on 5 match between RAW and SmackDown's women's divisions.  Obviously that is not going to be the case.

WWE released their fairly standard statement on the release on WWE.com.  It read...

"WWE has come to terms on the release of WWE Superstar Emma. 
WWE wishes Emma the best in all of her future endeavors."

But what are her future endeavours?  She hasn't posted on Twitter since Friday, and her last post was kinda cryptic...

Walking into the weekend like...

Photo: @HarryLHGFX
HMUA: @stellakae pic.twitter.com/OxkJJe5dYf

— EMMA (@EmmaWWE) October 27, 2017

Obviously, we won't be seeing her in a WWE ring anytime soon, but she could make an appearance on Impact Wrestling or Ring Of Honor, as they continue to slowly establish their Women Of Honor division, or she could appear in a Women's only promotion, such as Shimmer or Shine.

Whatever happens, I wish Tenille all the very best in whatever she does.