Maria Kanellis reflects on contrasting WWE releases from 2010 and 2020

Maria Kanellis spoke about her two WWE releases during an interview on Wrestling Life Online, emphasizing how her 2020 departure was particularly distressing. Released alongside her husband, Mike Bennett, during the pandemic, Kanellis had a newborn at home and faced significant uncertainty. She highlighted the different circumstances of her past release in 2010, where she turned down a contract due to low pay while managing a heavy workload. The cancellation of Ring of Honor's operations further complicated her situation after the 2020 release, leaving her family in a precarious financial position.

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