Why This Is WWE's Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic This Year
The concluding part dealt two more hammer blows ahead of her formal reintroduction.
The May 6th SmackDown promised one last vignette followed by Evans' actual return, and by this point most of the conversation had moved on to describing how awkward it had all started to feel. Such detailed portrayals of tragic events that were described rather than implied had been too much for some fans to cope with, and generated significant worry in others. Again, the prevailing take wasn't that there existed some sort of rulebook and what can be classified as fair game. But, most people concurred that WWE and/or Sport Entertainment weren't the place for these difficult experiences to be manipulated.
On the closing stretch nonetheless and addressing tragedies that occurred during her time with the company, Evans revealed;
"My father lost his battle with mental health and addiction and he overdosed two months before my WWE tryout. I had one family member attempt suicide at the same timeframe and by the time I found them they were gasping for air and trying to apologise as I tried to stop the bleeding. And then right before my first match in NXT, another family member overdosed and was found in the parking lot not far from the show in Florida. My knees got weak and I didn't know how much more I could take. That was the day I decided that I needed to do what's best for me, my family and my mental health...for WWE Superstars, I have just one question - What are they going to do to bring down that my life hasn't already done?"
A fair question that again might have been answered if there was time for actual sentiment. Instead it was time twist the knife in a way nobody could quite believe.
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