Former Champion reveals why she walked out of WWE months after signing a new deal

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Speaking to Sportshadow in a recent interview, she talked about her decision to retire. She said she had planned to keep wrestling for years, but realized one day that all these years of competing and travel had taken a toll. Layla added that perhaps she would have liked a grand send-off, but her decision to quit was sudden.

“Would I have liked to have gone out better? Would I have liked to have been able to have made a bigger deal about my career retirement? Probably. But I just woke up one day, and I went to the gym and got to the arena for call time, and I just was like, ‘I don’t want to do this anymore, I don’t want to do this. I’m done.’ And so I just said, ‘I’m sorry, I just want out,'” she said.

Layla then revealed that her decision to stop wrestling surprisingly came after she had signed a new three-year WWE deal just months prior.

“I’d spoken to Vince, I think, in July. He was the one that gave me the 3-year contract, which I signed and then, like I said within a few months I just was like, ‘I don’t want to do this anymore,’ and I went in and spoke to talent relations with Mark Carrano at the time, and I just said, ‘You know, I’m done, We’re done. I’m just done,'” she added.

Layla open to WWE return on one condition

Layla has competed in the ring since her retirement in 2015. She has not shown an interest in making a return to the squared circle, but in the interview with Sportshadow, she said she could consider it.

The former Divas Champion the only reason she would ever consider returning to WWE is for a LayCool reunion with her former tag team partner Michelle McCool.

She said she would be open to coming back if the sports entertainment giant wanted to do something with her and McCool. The duo teamed up to form LayCool on SmackDown in 2009 and became the co-champions, holding the Women’s Championship.

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