Jazmyn Nyx leaves WWE after rejecting three-year deal

Jazmyn Nyx, the NXT performer who announced her departure from WWE in late September, says she left after rejecting a three year contract offer that matched her previous pay and did not reflect the additional work and expenses she had taken on. Speaking on the Ariel Helwani Show this week, Nyx, whose given name is Jade Gentile, said negotiations with the company were drawn out but ultimately unsuccessful because WWE would not increase the salary on the table.

"I can truthfully say I was not expecting to leave," Nyx said. "I wholeheartedly felt like this was going to be my life... but it came down to making a living." She described being on television for two years, sometimes working both NXT and TNA in the same week, and said those demands, combined with rising living costs and out-of-pocket expenses such as gear and makeup, made the unchanged offer untenable. Nyx said she attempted several rounds of negotiation, worked without an agent, and used a mediator at one point, but the company declined to change the proposal.

Nyx emphasized there was no personal animus in the split and said she would consider returning if WWE offered different terms in the future. WWE has already...