WWE: Molly Holly on Producer Tryouts, Eva Marie Rumor Killer, Clash of Champs 2021, Bea Priestley

WWE

Jun 25, 2021

Molly Holly Comments on Her Recent Tryouts as a WWE Backstage Producer

As noted before, WWE recently invited Molly Holly for a series of tryouts as a potential new backstage producer for the company.

A recent episode of the Shooting The Sh*t UNCENSORED! podcast had Holly as the guest. One of the topics discussed included her thoughts on her current tryouts as a potential backstage producer for WWE.

“So when I went to the Hall Of Fame or maybe it was WrestleMania, anyway, recently I was asked if I would be willing to do like a two-month tryout as a producer to see if it’s something I would wanna do, and at first I was like, ‘No, I just — my life right now is so stress-free. Like I’m just super happy the way things are’ and then, they gave me the hard sell about how I would be such a blessing to the girls that are up and coming that used to watch me when they were little and they look up to me and then I could give a whole fresh perspective and they just gave a lot of reasons as to why I should at least give it a try. So I am in the tryout period and it’s been positive so far. So I haven’t decided, one, if I want to work there full-time and they haven’t decided if they want me full-time. They might say like, ‘Oh, we thought you’d have [brought] this to the table but it turns out you weren’t a good fit,’ something. So that’s why I didn’t want to make a big deal about this producer trial because it might fizzle out and maybe nothing will happen. But so far, it has been a positive experience.”

Holly also stated that she currently enjoys the challenges of being a producer and received some very helpful advice from Vince McMahon.

“I think that the challenge, it’s like a new challenge because I didn’t always think about the camera angles and how that would — if I had to do a big maneuver, I’d wanna make sure the camera angles caught it but, each time that I’ve been there, I’ve learned something about how to make the best frame for people to be drawn in. There was one scenario where Vince McMahon wanted a certain thing and I didn’t get what he was talking about. I was like, ‘But we always do it this way. It seems fine’ and then when they switched the camera angle to something that he wanted, I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, this way is so much better’ and so it got me excited to think like, I didn’t realize how many little things matter and how the people who are more experienced with that eye for the camera shot and see things that — anyway, so I guess it’s like learning a whole new aspect of the business and the fact that I saw something, thought it was fine and I saw the better version and I was like, ‘Whoa’ so that was kind of fun for me.”

Transcript h/t: PostWrestling.com

Eva Marie WWE Release Rumor Debunked

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that recent rumors and reports of Eva Marie being released from WWE are not true.

The source of the rumor reportedly was a recent change WWE made to their official website that had Marie’s profile page listed under their Alumni section. Johnson reported that his sources within the company stated that this was just a simple mistake that had been made and her current status in the company remains unchanged.

While Marie’s status in the company remains unaffected, WWE enacted a new wave of talent releases today that has seen around thirteen wrestlers and one creative writer cut so far.

Clash of Champions 2021 Event Update

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that this year’s Clash of Champions event is currently expected to take place on September 26th based on WWE’s current events schedule for the remainder of this year.

This year’s event is also currently expected to take place at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

Bea Priestley WWE Signing Status Update

As noted before, former Stardom and AEW talent Bea Priestley has been rumored to have recently signed a contract with WWE for their NXT UK brand.

This past Thursday’s episode of NXT UK featured a debut vignette for Priestley confirming the rumors of her signing a deal with WWE. The vignette revealed that Priestley will be going under a new ring name of Blair Davenport in the company.