03-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Former WWE star Cora Jade shares shocking body-shaming experience- "It created a lot of issues."
Cora Jade exposed
with a shocking revelation during her time as a competitor.
WWE released a pool of talented superstars, with many coming as shockers for the company. One of them was NXT's rising star, Cora Jade, who was once poised to become a future NXT Women's Champion.
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A month after her release, The Generation of Jade decided to share a haunting experience from her tenure in the global juggernaut.
Cora Jade reveals she was body-shamed in WWE
In an interview on The Ariel Helwani Show, Cora Jade opened up about being body shamed when she came into WWE at 19 years old. Being small in her physical stature, multiple people would make comments about her. One of them even said that Jade would never become a champion in the company for being too small.
The former NXT Women's Tag Team Champion also stated that it created a lot of body image issues for her. However, she fought back against all odds and went on to gain more muscle and have a better shape than before.
Cora said,
'I definitely think things could've went differently if it weren't for certain things like the bodyshaming thing, I came in at 19 years old, I was like 110 pounds, I was so small. It was constant comments, whether it was from guys who think they were being funny, or, I'm not gonna name names again, but I remember specifically being told that I wasn't and wouldn't be champion in that company because I looked like I couldn't crack an egg — Multiple conversations about my body, which I don't think anyone, especially as another man, should be saying that to a female, I was so young and it created a lot of issues for me body wise.
But obviously I gained so much muscle after that, I worked my ass off.'
Cora Jade is set to become a free agent in a few days after her non-compete clause ends. She has also reverted to her former name, Elayna Black, and is scheduled for multiple wrestling appearances with a representation in place, too. As she is set to begin her journey outside WWE, it will be interesting to see if she can climb the heights of success that she did not back in WWE NXT.
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