www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2017/1029/633560/wwe-announces-emma-release/

Wow, I didn’t see this coming. I was very surprised her matches with Asuka weren’t straight squashes so I thought maybe they had plans for her after all.

WTF? She was finally being pushed after being poorly used and booked for years.

Yeah, I'm kinda surprised by this, as System said, I thought they might have finally started coming around on Emma, given Asuka didn't out and out squash her.


Apparently, Summer Rae has been released as well, though that's less surprising.

Also Summer! Went to wwe.com to confirm and she was listed too. That one makes more sense but fuck. They ruined Asuka for no reason lol...

Maybe Emma was released because she made the matches with Asuka look better than they were suppose to be. WWE wanted it to be a quick dominate job. And maybe Emma was thinking "Fuck it being an easy job, I'm gonna make it better."

You know how much Vince makes a big deal out of small things.

Oct 29, 2017 18:48:23 GMT CM Punk'd said:

Maybe Emma was released because she made the matches with Asuka look better than they were suppose to be. WWE wanted it to be a quick dominate job. And maybe Emma was thinking "Fuck it being an easy job, I'm gonna make it better."

You know how much Vince makes a big deal out of small things.

But in that case, they surely wouldn't have been given as much time as they were and certainly not again the next night on RAW.

Surprised at this one. WWE is WWE though. They probably suddenly decided they don't like her anymore again. Also, they probably blame her for the less than favourable reaction that Asuka's debut got. Yes, it was a decent match etc but not the first time I've seen people say she's been "ruined".

So they ruined Asuka for no reason. Great job, WWE.

I don't get it sometimes. I'm guessing she simply isn't part of their long-term plans. Considering her final few matches, it was a fantastic seeing someone else in that spot instead of Sasha/Bayley, etc.

If you follow her instagram, you'll know, Emma has a bright future as a fitness/swimsuit model. She'll be ok.

This is sad, especially since both Emma and Summer were two of the top three women (along with Paige) when NXT started its groove of presenting better women's wrestling and had its own women's title. Unfortunately, they got there (and on the main roster) before WWE realized they had a "revolution" on their hands and they just didn't get the opportunities afforded the women who came afterward.

I agree that it sucks in hindsight that Emma got released after her last two matches with Asuka being almost a 50-50 affair. There was definitely a fair bit of damage there with Asuka. So I hope they get jobbers week in and week out (or Dana Brooke) for Asuka to trash in the next few weeks.

You would think, given the calibre of her matches with Asuka, they would keep her around. Eventually Asuka is going to have to wrestle someone other than Bliss/Banks/Bayley on PPV.

Oct 29, 2017 21:07:39 GMT NATH45 said:

You would think, given the calibre of her matches with Asuka, they would keep her around. Eventually Asuka is going to have to wrestle someone other than Bliss/Banks/Bayley on PPV.

I guess they're gonna have to call some women up, to make up the numbers.  I think The Iconic Duo would fit in as replacements.

She’ll be back.

This saddens me. Dont care about Summer. she can go back to the LFL.

Lio Rush has a little heat after taking a pot shot at Emma
pwcom.proboards.com/thread/232/rush-takes-shot-emma-respond

Oct 29, 2017 21:32:44 GMT surrender said:

She’ll be back.

I don't know, they dropped her like a sack of shit when she was done for shoplifting. Bought her back, very quickly. But released her very quickly nonetheless. 

And then purposely botching the Emmalina gimmick.. you'd be disappointed if you were a writer, producer just doing their job - considering the production and investment made in those vignettes. 

I guess it comes down to, how well liked she was. 

Sad to hear Emma is gone but it does makes sense. WWE probably sees three major failures on her record and decided it was time.

1. The Walmart incident (WWE quickly overreacted)
2. The Emmalina gimmick
3. Making Asuka look good. (They probably just told her to make her look good but didn't say how)

Why is making Asuka look good a bad thing?

Oct 29, 2017 23:43:35 GMT Mistress said:

Why is making Asuka look good a bad thing?

I think the theory is, they wanted Asuka to look invincible considering it was her debut. Rather than look competitive.  

Which is rubbish. If they wanted a squash, put Dana in the match. 

Feel really bad for Emma. She tweeted a broken heart emoji.

But both releases are very sad and disappointing. With two performers like Emma and Summer, it's a no-brainer that they have a lot of worth in WWE - both are charismatic and can play characters. All they needed was mic time, segments, and character development to succeed...anything to clinch their teeth into and they would have run with it, as they both have in the past.

Both of these women did a lot for the women's division. Paige and the 4HW get more credit, but I look at Summer and Emma as the true pioneers of the NXT women's division. Summer Rae's NXT run fantastic.  Her promos were great and the thought she put into them was refreshing.  It was Summer that helped put Paige on the map with their feud and Sasha Banks on the map with their partnership. Summer is the type who can take any role and turn it to gold. Her work in the storyline with Rusev, Lana, and Ziggler was very entertaining...there are not many women in WWE who could have done well with that storyline like she did.

Emma was the most over performer, male or female, on the NXT roster at one point - even more over than Paige. Her face run was so infectious...it's a shame that the main roster stripped the character of all its layers and killed it from the get-go. I still say Emma should have become the first women's champion in NXT because, due to her character, she needed that added credibility as a wrestler more than Paige did. Her heel run when she returned to NXT was excellent; they did a great job building to the actual heel turn.  The partnership with Dana Brooke and feud with Asuka was one of my favorite women's storylines in the last few years. NXT did a truly great job rebuilding Emma for a couple months to lead into the Takeover match with Asuka.

Even worse than main roster writing/booking ruining Emma's face character, was the Emmalina 'gag'.  It was a complete sabotage and it's sad that they did that to a young wrestler trying to live her dream. When the writer who came up with it and actually had ideas for it (Tom Casiello) was fired a couple days before the original Emmalina debut date was set last December, Emma no longer had someone backing the character or her return. From there, there was never any plans to do anything with the character and they took no issue with making a 'joke' of it while a hungry-for-success wrestler sat at home. If they didn't want to do the Emmalina character, it was so easy to write themselves out of it and have her quickly return as Emma, but instead they intentionally dragged it out for no reason. Emma was injured in May 2016, cleared in late August 2016, but didn't have her first match back until April 2017 - unacceptable.

Such wasted opportunities with both women. Characters like Emma and Summer are what is missing from the women's division today.

No words, no words right now.

Gives Asuka 2 pretty bloody good main roster matches and then gets shown the door. I uh.... Well it's good I bought some Halloween candy and there's ice cream in the house.

It's a sad day for djm.

So what does Emma do now?

Is she capable of pulling a Cody, and becoming a star without the WWE?

Emma was doing fairly well in SHIMMER as Tenille

As we noted yesterday, former Raw star Emma was amongst three WWE stars released from the company, with the other two talents being Darren Young and Summer Rae.

Following the release news, Emma remained quiet on social media, despite posting a broken heart emoji on Twitter.

Emma’s release was met with an outpouring of support from fellow WWE stars and wrestling personalities, with the exception of a controversial comment which came from NXT newcomer Lio Rush. Rush made a joke in the wake of Emma’s release, and it received quite a lot of backlash on social media from fellow pro wrestlers.

Emma has since posted the following on Twitter, teasing the best is yet to come for the former WWE and NXT star:

I feel very fortunate to have the most amazing family, friends and fans in the world! I am excited for the future. The best is yet to come!
— EMMA (@emmawwe) October 31, 2017

Below were some social media messages reactions to the release news:

Wish the absolute best for @darrenyoungwwe & @emmawwe going forward. Both are kind, pleasant, hard-working people who deserve great things.
— REBORN by FATE (@matthardybrand) October 29, 2017

Sad to see @emmawwe and @realsummerwwe go…great talent and great women!! Loved working with them and wish them all the best! -Brie
— Nikki & Brie (@bellatwins) October 30, 2017

Thank you to @darrenyoungwwe @emmawwe @realsummerwwe for entertaining my family and I over the years. Here’s to a new beautiful horizon.
— Mustafa Ali (@mustafaaliwwe) October 29, 2017

i still cant believe she is gone. never won the title either

When Alexa mentioned cutting Mickie James. And Angle said it is a shame when anyone has to lose their job. I wonder was that in reference to her.

It's been said, that the reason for Emma's release was because she wasn't very well liked backstage and because she was vocal on social media with regards to her frustrations.

I can kind of understand that.

As noted, Emma was one of three WWE stars released this week, as the company also parted ways with Darren Young and Summer Rae.

According to a new report by Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated, WWE ultimately made the decision to release the former NXT standout due to “considerable” backstage heat she had in the company.

The report furthers Emma had made enemies out of some members of the WWE creative team, and they were none too pleased with her being so vocal on social media about her position in the company. An example would be when she was Tweeting using the #GiveEmmaAChance. At one point on WWE TV, Kurt Angle addressed the behavior and said Tweeting about it was not the way to help her situation on Raw.

The SI report also said Emma’s release was done as somewhat of a warning to other talents in WWE, considering names like Neville, Nia Jax and Jimmy Jacobs have had issues in recent weeks, with Jacobs being released, and Neville likely on his way out of WWE. Barrasso pointed out that Nia Jax “used her leverage to take a brief hiatus and return to Raw this past Monday with a renewed, strengthened storyline from the creative team.”

Emma, along with Summer Rae and Darren Young, were informed of their WWE releases this past Sunday.

So theyre mad she actually wanted to do more than be a backstage character? and i guess the fact that fans were behind her trending #GiveEmmaAChance is a bad thing? I swear WWE is ridiculous.

Ehh I doubt Emma being a good soldier would have given her a push or anything substantial.

i guess having the fans behind you means nothing...guess i shouldnt be surprised. Zack Ryder got himself over on the internet and still got nothing but a joke IC title run for his troubles.

Update on Emma’s Post-WWE Future

As noted, former WWE star Emma, who was released back on October 29th, along with Darren Young and Summer Rae, will become a free agent on February 1st, 2018. All three former WWE stars remain under no-compete clauses with WWE for 90 days and will be paid their downside guarantees by WWE until the end of January.

According to The Wrestling Observer, Emma will be using her real name, Tenille Dashwood, when works the independent scene following her WWE contract expiration.

The Observer report adds Emma had recently been negotiating to work for the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion in Japan. Those negotiations, however, fell through when the company felt her asking price, which was $2,000 per match, was too high. Emma was also asking for complete creative control in her contract, along with first class tickets to and from Japan. Stardom felt those demands did not make sense from a business or economic standpoint.

I can understand wanting full creative control. when you give me bs gimmicks like Emmalina, i'd definitely want to be sure that i didnt have to deal with that again.

hopefully they can work something out next year.

First class tickets, I like Emma, but shit, those first class tickets are probably worth more than her $2000 fee in some cases.

She needs to do a Drew Galloway, work your ass off for the next 2 years and show the world, you're a star.