Her release from WWE wasn’t the only time Priscilla Kelly went through a difficult time, and during the interview, she expanded on the bout with depression that she suffered from, based on many things happening in her life before focusing on the silver lining of the period. 

“I came out of that and…into 2023 and 2024, I got out of that, and started having really fun matches on Main Event. I started, like, really getting back to who I was as a wrestler,” she recalled, noting she began to love her job again. “There were plans for me and maybe Shotzi to tag then, and then both of us end up getting injured at the exact same time!”

Kelly recalled that some people thought she had heat at the time, but maintained that she was injured and couldn’t even break the news because a higher-up in “NXT” asked her not to talk about it, but expressed that the time away was a good mental reset. “I was working my a** off in the Performance Center! Those medical teams? They put me through hell in the best way because they all wanted me to come back bad a**,” she expressed.

Looking back at her return during NXT Halloween Havoc, Kelly opined that a cold open was the best way she could return before being paired with Tatum Paxley. 

“Man, we had this group that I think immediately clicked, immediately connected with the audience online and in person, and it clicked with each other,” she added.

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