Lisa Marie Varon was a major part of the WWE’s women’s division from 2002 until her release in 2009. After a brief hiatus, Varon arrived in the then-TNA Wrestling under the name Tara and stayed until 2013.
In an interview with Chris Van Vliet, Varon talked about her release from the company. Her shock wasn’t from the fact she was released, but the fact that she was told by the Travel Department instead of Talent Relations she had been fired.
“I wasn’t going to resign. I didn’t know I was booked on a PPV until I read a tweet. I called the office and said, ‘Am I on a PPV? I haven’t got the travel and I’m supposed to travel tomorrow.’ They were like, oh s**t. It was very unorganized. I didn’t feel appreciated I guess. I had two more months on my contract and I got a call from the travel department from Bob Ryder and they said we are letting you go. I got let go from the travel department. Wow, talent relations didn’t even call me to let me go. Bruce Prichard was talent relations. I ran into him at a Comic Con or some kind of signing. The guy that brought me in brought him in. He was in the same car. I said, ‘Bruce, this has been bothering me a long time. I just want to say this because I’m not going back to the business, but I am really upset that you didn’t call me to release me.’ He said he didn’t know that I got released until the following weekend. He said and that’s because he got released the following week. I said, ok, that makes me feel better, not that he got released.”
Despite a meaningful run with the company that saw her become a 5-time Knockouts Champion and a 1-time Knockouts Tag team Champion, Varon has often said her TNA run made her appreciate the WWE that much more. You can hear Varon talk about that, along with other topics with Chris Van Vliet in the interview below.
h/t to Wrestling News for the quote
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