In a recent interview with Chris Van Vliet as part of the INSIGHT With Chris Van Vliet podcast, former WWE on-air talent Kayla Braxton discussed several topics, including her decision to leave the company.

“I think it’s something I’ve been kind of contemplating for a while. I think once I stepped down from The Bump, I moved to Los Angeles, it was very clear I was kind of trying to find what my next phase of life was going to be career-wise, and I think the company kind of acknowledged that as well and they were very supportive. When I moved out to LA, they put a studio in my apartment, they wanted me to continue doing The Bump until I was like okay, I think it’s time that Megan Morant takes over this role full-time, and you have your studio crew in Stamford.

Then, I feel like on SmackDown it’s hard, it’s a two-hour show, so there’s not a lot of room for backstage interviews on SmackDown, you’ve got to get the stories in there, so I wasn’t doing much backstage at SmackDown, and then I wasn’t really doing the kick-off show panels any more, so I was just kind of seeing the writing on the wall a little bit and just though, you know, I feel good at where my life is outside of WWE, so I just thought it was time and while everybody was getting along, everything was amicable.

The company was very supportive of me stepping down too, the door is always open, it was very nice to hear, but yeah, everything was just the perfect timing to do that.”

The full interview is available at this link.