Krissy Vaine says backstage bullying led to 2007 WWE exit

Former WWE performer Krissy Vaine said she left the company in 2007 after a brief main-roster callup because she felt bullied backstage and could not cope with the prospect of an extended tour. Vaine made her televised debut on the September 28, 2007, episode of SmackDown in a backstage attack on Torrie Wilson, a segment that was intended to launch a larger storyline, but she departed the company within weeks.

Vaine told a podcast that she had been one of the first talents moved up from WWE developmental, arriving from Deep South Wrestling and reassigned to Florida Championship Wrestling after Deep South closed. She said the promotion to the main roster came quickly and with little preparation. Vaine described being isolated and unprepared, saying there was no social media at the time to develop friendships and that she felt targeted by other locker room members. "I felt like I was bullied," she said, adding that after about two weeks she was scheduled for a three-week European tour and decided she could not endure it.

Her account includes detail about creative confusion around her callup. Vaine said she had darkened her hair in developmental to avoid resembling Torrie Wilson,...