Carmella Was “Rocked” By WWE Releasing The IIconics

[Buffy]

In an appearance on The Bellas Podcast, WWE star Carmella commented on the recent release of The IIconics, Billie Kay and Peyton Royce. Carmella and Kay teamed together at WrestleMania 37 for a shot at the WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles, and the former Smackdown Women’s Champion was looking forward to doing more work with Kay. Like the Bellas, she’s now confused as to why she and Royce are gone.

“I think everyone was,” Carmella said when asked if the release shocked her. “I don’t know what the right or wrong thing to say is. All I can speak from is my experience and we were super excited for this story.

“I felt like ‘I’m done with this whole sexy gimmick they want me to do or try to be sexy.’ Which is fine and it’s fun to be sexy, but I wanted to show my personality more. I wanted to show a little bit more of a fun side. And I was really looking forward to doing that with Billie. Our entrance alone, she was cracking me up. She was so funny. I was really looking forward to where that was going to go. And obviously, unfortunately, we can’t do that any more.”

Carmella also noted that Royce and Kay were two of her closest friends on the roster, and said that their releases “rocked” her.

“Those two were some of my closest friends since I’ve been here, since they got here,” Carmella said of Royce and Kay. “So this was the first time I was like really rocked by a release. I was like ‘wow. These are my friends. They’re not just my co-workers.”

Source: https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2021/05/carmella-was-rocked-by-wwe-releasing-the-iiconics/

 

[Chris]

Me too girl, me too

 

[Buffy]

Carmella and Billie would have been entertaining TV together. Especially if they brought back the dance break skit once in a blue moon.

 

[Hoss]

Mella also showing good judgment by realizing her vague sexy wine drinking gimmick was straight mid.

 

[Hoss]

Although some of the outfits were top shelf.

 

[Cwalker]

Carmella herself is straight mid though so it’s fitting...

Always sucks to see your close friends get fired. So I know that had to be difficult to deal with.

Always thought Peyton had potential. I just hated hearing them talk

 

[King Kota]

Mella best work behind her i think

 

[Cwalker]

When was it in front of her?

 

[King Kota]

Truth stuff the enzo and cass run

 

[Cwalker]

That’s her best stuff? Word?

 

[Jimmy King]

I think her best stuff was her run with Ellsworth and the MITB briefcase. Although, I did enjoy her most recent stuff. I think Sasha and her had some really good matches, and I was hyped for her to team with Billie they would have been fun together I think.

 

[King Kota]

I think her best stuff was her run with Ellsworth and the MITB briefcase. Although, I did enjoy her most recent stuff. I think Sasha and her had some really good matches, and I was hyped for her to team with Billie they would have been fun together I think.

Forgot bout that

 

[Mox Girl]

The stint with Truth was Carmella's best work, she showed personality and was fun. The 'I'm sexy and drink champagne' thing was just generic and boring.

 

[Stellar]

Carmella has always been fine with me. Her thing with Ellsworth really got people to be vocally against her, the dance thing with R-Truth showed her fun side and then the "sexy wine drinker" showed even more how beautiful she is. I like that she tries to change it up from time to time to do something fresh.

She was rocked when R-Truth and her were split up in the draft. So this isn't the first time. I guess at least R-Truth is still there in WWE.

Imagine working with someone and being around them for so long at a job and then... yoink! So I can see Carmella's side to the IIconics getting released.