What Next For The Rock's Daughter Ava After Shock WWE Exit? (WWE News)
What's next for former NXT GM Ava?
After making her somewhat surprise exit from WWE at the end of last month, there's now word on what may be in the future of former NXT General Manager Ava,
Speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer is under the impression that the real-life Simone Johnson will soon be working for the Seven Bucks Productions company founded and run by her parents, Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia.
For those unaware, Seven Bucks is a film, TV, digital, and technology company that began life back in 2012, producing a whole bunch of projects over the years, including various Dwayne-fronted efforts such as The Smashing Machine, Black Adam, Hobbs & Shaw, Baywatch, Rampage, and the story of Saraya Knight/Paige, Fighting with My Family.
Simone's decision not to renew with WWE brought to an end a six-year run with the promotion, with her having been signed in early 2020. The fourth-generation talent would debut on NXT TV in 2022, as part of the Schism faction under the Ava Raine moniker. The following year would see Ava - having dropped the Raine part of her name - become the assistant to Shawn Michaels, before then becoming the NXT GM at the start of 2024.
To clarify, this WWE departure was entirely the decision of the 24-year-old Johnson, with her opting not to sign a new deal with the company, and subsequent reports have noted that this was simply a case of Simone deciding that she no longer had an interest in continuing a career within the wrestling industry.