During a recent appearance on the “Developmentally Speaking” podcast, former WWE developmental talent Anya Zova reflected on her time in WWE.
Zova signed a developmental contract with WWE in August 2012 and was fired a year later after suffering a broken arm during training.
Zova sued WWE in 2017 on grounds of the company’s failure to train its talent properly. The lawsuit was later dismissed.
Reflecting on her unfortunate WWE release, Zova said,
“I think I was the first one who got released while being injured. They knew because [the doctors] put a plate in my arm. With a plate, it’s kind of dangerous to wrestle because it was going from the elbow all the way up. The skin is very thin, so anything could happen. They knew that I might need additional surgery later on and that’s exactly what happened. A year after, I had a second surgery to take it out, so they knew it was going to be … at least a year and a half recovery, so it makes sense financially.”
