Shawn Michaels has spoken about the release of McKenzie Mitchell.
NXT’s backstage personality McKenzie Mitchell was released by WWE on December 1st 2023, this move came as a shock to many, including Michaels himself.
HBK would further discuss McKenzie Mitchells departure on the Deadline media call on December 7th, taking time to mention that she will always be considered “part of the NXT family.”
“McKenzie is always going to be a part of the NXT family. It obviously took me by surprise as well, my understanding is that there are some areas where we have overlapping jobs and there were going to be changes. There are a lot of things that go on in this company that are way above me, and this was obviously one of them. Like we always say, the door is always open in the WWE, I think that, in my opinion, McKenzie will always be a part of the NXT family and it doesn’t mean that we can’t revisit that relationship down the road. Obviously, it’s a loss to us in NXT, but the machine, as always, has to continue to roll on and we will obviously do that and miss her greatly because everybody absolutely loves and adores McKenzie,”
-Shawn Michaels
Mitchell would work under the WWE banner beginning in 2019.
As always, we’ll aim to provide any further updates on the future of McKenzie Mitchell as soon as we hear more.
H/T to Fightful for the transcription.
