Eva Marie Reveals The Two Conditions That Could Make Her Return To Professional Wrestling

Eva Marie explains why she never pursued opportunities outside WWE.© NDTV Library

Eva Marie is open to wrestling outside WWE, but only if the right things are on the table. The former WWE Superstar said she has thought about offers from other promotions, and that any deal would need a very large payday along with some control over her own character. She also admitted WWE still feels like home to her, which is a big reason those conversations never went anywhere. Marie shared the details in a recent interview, where the question came up because more promotions are operating now, AEW among them, and performers have more places to work than they used to.

Eva Marie wants a huge financial offer and creative control before joining another promotion

Marie was asked whether other companies had approached her about coming back to professional wrestling. She said the idea crossed her mind early on, but it never turned into serious negotiations. Part of the hesitation came from how she sees her WWE years.

“It was initially at the very beginning, and I kind of like teeter-tottered and thought about it, but it's also like it would have to be done so good and then not trying to recreate an Eva Marie, and I feel like it was very much, WWE was my home,”Marie explained.

A decent contract wouldn't be enough for her, and she was blunt about the money. She tied it directly to having a voice in how she'd be used.

“If I were to do something like that, one, the offer would have to be incredibly good. It's got to be a lot of zeros. It would have to be a lot of zeros, and it would have to make sense where I would have some type of creative control,” she added.

Marie explains why having more creative input matters after her WWE experience

Her interest in creative control comes from what she has seen on the inside. Most wrestlers in WWE don't get much say in their characters, she said, and they end up leaning on the writing team to build the story and land the ending.

“That's what I have learned in doing the business is that helps a lot if you're able to kind of have a lot more input because a lot of us that are in WWE don't,” she said.

That reliance is a gamble, and Marie knows it. A storyline that never pays off can leave a character worse off than before it started, and she didn't hide how that feels from the performer's side.

“You're basically hoping that the writers help you to the fullest and make the storyline that's like something that is so juicy and good and then you get a payoff. And if you don't get that, then it kind of sucks for your character, too.”

She has lived both sides of WWE's schedule.

Marie first joined the company in 2013 and stayed until 2017, then came back in 2021 for another short run that began with a series of vignettes on Raw starting May 3 and ended with her departure later that year.

Since then, she says, nothing has moved forward with any other company.

“So I never really took it any further with other companies,” Marie concluded during the interview.