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Maria Kanellis sets the record straight about what actually happened during her time in WWE

Aaron Rift

In a post via Twitter/X, former WWE star Maria Kanellis addressed her time with the company…

“There are a lot of reports about things that happened when I was in WWE. Most of them are just wrong. Some are rumors circulated by WWE loyalists, bots, or ‘news’ organizations on the WWE payroll. Here are some facts:

When I was ‘released’ by WWE the first time in 2010 my contract was up and I refused to sign for one third what my male contemporaries were making. When I went back, I was told by many people I trusted that WWE had changed. WWE knew we were planning on adding to our family when we resigned. Mike asked for his release, I did not. Mike never went to WWE rehab. Nor did they pay for any rehab. We were lied to many times about our storyline and what direction it was going. I fought back against it to no avail. We were never paid millions of dollars in WWE. We had the average contract for WWE for 6 months. We are not millionaires and we don’t live in a mansion. I hope this helps people separate fact from fiction.”

Kanellis later wrote the following…

“Real life is not on social media. Everyone needs to remember that. Every week I get my children ready for school, take them to dance and activities, we go to church, I do photo shoots, clean my house, work out, produce, and I love my job at @ringofhonor. That’s my real life, not some insignificant social media argument with people I don’t know. You may not like what I have to say but if telling my story helps someone then I’ll speak up every time. I’ve never been afraid of people with power because my real life is too important. My life’s work has been fighting for women and women’s rights. And now it has turned into helping the next generation of talented wrestlers. If you don’t like it, move on.”