Why Mandy Rose's Success Away From WWE Shows A New Hope For Wrestlers
Mia Lopez
Published Mar 27, 2026
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After holding the NXT Women's Championship for a staggering 413 days, Mandy Rose was suddenly released by WWE in December 2022, a decision by the company that shocked the wrestling world to its core had several implications. Mandy was at the peak of her career in WWE, yet she got fired for something that she did not do in the company, but in her private life.
Mandy Rose was reportedly released from her WWE contract for the content she posted on her FanTime account. The account maintained by her is a subscription based one, where paying subscribers can get exclusive access to her personal content. However, the content that Mandy has been posting on this account is scores away from being PG. Rose posts several photos and videos which have a high level of nudity exclusively for her subscribers. While WWE never officially stated a reason for firing Mandy, many reports have claimed that the reason was Mandy posting the adult content on her page.
Mandy Rose's FanTime Account Is A Million Dollar Success Story
While many fans thought that the firing of Mandy Rose was unjust, she seems to have landed on her feet. At the end of December 2022, the same month she was fired by WWE, FanTime officially reported that Mandy Rose made $1 million in one month. Fans were left speechless. Moreover, TMZ Sports reported that she made $500,000 in a week after she got fired from WWE.
Mandy Rose recently appeared on an episode of The Sessions with Renee Paquette where she disclosed that WWE gave her no warning before releasing her from the company. She said, “No one brought it to my attention besides the night before I lost the title. It came from WWE legal. It just said 'take the link down.' I complied, obviously, it came from work. Took the link down right away.” Mandy added, “I never had a warning. I know there is news out there that says I was warned, I never did.”
For WWE not to give any hints to one of its top stars is a telling sign of how things have been handled in the company for years. Sudden releases for questionable reasons have been all too common for WWE.
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WWE Has A History Of Controversial Firings
While WWE, like any other employer, has the full right to terminate the contract of one of its employees or talents, there has been an odd trend of sudden firings by the company in the last few years that has many fans questioning their decisions. For instance, WWE got major heat from fans in the pandemic when they released several wrestlers due to budget cuts. These wrestlers spanned from new talent who had just entered the company to well established wrestlers. 2020 saw WWE release stars like Rusev, The Revival, Zelina Vega, Kurt Angle, and Kairi Sane among others, and in 2021, the company let go major stars including Braun Strowman, Aleister Black, Nia Jax, The IIconics, Samoa Joe, and even Bray Wyatt.
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Some stars expressed shock at their sudden release, with Drake Maverick posting a video on social media as he sobbed in grief. Even Lana, who was fired in 2021, couldn't believe it as she disclosed on the Talk is Jericho podcast. "I was like-my heart dropped, my heart dropped." But Mandy's success post WWE is showing a new trend that is in benefit of all wrestlers.
Getting Fired From WWE Is Not The End Of A Wrestler's Career
Mandy Rose's staggering earnings as an independent content creator shows just one more avenue wrestlers can make money in if they get released by WWE. Some of these wrestlers have been rehired by WWE under Triple H's creative control. However, with WWE's competition in AEW, NJPW, and IMPACT increasing daily, wrestlers have other spaces to perform in. Many former WWE stars have found immense success in these companies from Samoa Joe, Cesaro, to even Paige, who all wrestle in AEW now under new characters.
Just like Mandy Rose, Lana also has a site for her exclusive paid content where she seems to be doing very well. The kind of star power that WWE gives its wrestlers can be now used in many different ways. From independent content generation, acting in movies and TV, to wrestling for rival companies, wrestlers have a plethora of options available now for an alternate career.
