Deonna Purrazzo discusses her WWE release, reveals ideal next move & more [Exclusive]

Deonna Purrazzo has wrestled across every brand in WWE

Well, one amazing thing to come from that was the outpouring of support for you, everyone saying you'll be a star wherever you go. How did that feel, and who was the first WWE Superstar to reach out?

Yeah! I think the first person from the WWE who reached out was Nattie. Just from over the last year, I was traveling a little bit with RAW and since everything has been happening at the PC, that's just someone I've just kind of gained a relationship with over the last maybe three or four months and it was really thoughtful of her to reach out.

Bayley reached out, Nia reached out. A bunch of people that I worked with and got to know on a somewhat personal level, which I thought, they didn't have to do considering people they work with every day were fired. I thought it was just really sweet.

But it was crazy to see the amount of support and love, and like interactions my tweet got. On that thing on Twitter where you can see the hits, it had like two million hits. I got more popularity being fired by WWE than I did the entire two years I was there!

Fans have bought so much merch and my Pro Wrestling Tees blew up. It was really nice to know I wasn't forgotten about, and I think that is the biggest takeaway for me is like, "Okay, I did have an impact," whether it be WWE or from what I did on the Indies, and Ring of Honor, things like that. It reminded me of who I am.

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Now, one thing I'd like to clarify for accuracy if you can. Several released stars have confirmed 90-day release clauses but it's rumored to be 30 for NXT stars. How soon could you compete for another promotion?

So, the main roster got 90 days and NXT got 30 - so I have a 30-day non-compete. Thirty days I'll be paid for, so that gets me to the end of May and then I'm free to do whatever I want.