{"id":15134,"date":"2012-08-12T19:04:26","date_gmt":"2012-08-13T00:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=15134"},"modified":"2012-08-12T19:26:12","modified_gmt":"2012-08-13T00:26:12","slug":"former-wwe-diva-responds-to-reports-on-why-she-was-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2012\/08\/12\/former-wwe-diva-responds-to-reports-on-why-she-was-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Former WWE Diva Responds to Reports On Why She Was Released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ivelisse Velez, who performed as Sofia Cortez in WWE&#8217;s FCW and NXT developmental programs, expressed shock at reports that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.headlineplanet.com\/home\/2012\/08\/12\/backstage-news-on-why-wwe-released-standout-diva\/\">she was let go from WWE due to a perception of attitude problems<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to various Tweets on the matter, all of which were second- or third-hand references to F4WOnline.com&#8217;s report on the story, Velez wrote &#8220;wow,&#8221; &#8220;Just wow,&#8221; &#8220;Lies&#8221; and &#8220;Lies. Period.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It should be noted that the F4W story was not outright alleging Velez actually had attitude problems or condemning her backstage personality; it was simply echoing the supposed perception some WWE officials had regarding the Diva&#8217;s ego.<\/p>\n<p>When the nature of F4W&#8217;s report was clarified by a fan, Velez responded, &#8220;ooh ok,&#8221; but it ultimately remains unclear that her initial repudiation was over the allegation that she had a problematic ego or the report that she was fired due to <i>perceived<\/i>attitude issues.<\/p>\n<p>What Velez is seemingly coming, however, is that she was &#8220;screwed&#8221; in the release process.<\/p>\n<p>Tweeting at released WWE Superstar Brian &#8220;Abraham Washington&#8221; Jossie, who now goes by @BJRatedR on Twitter, Velez wrote, &#8220;I got screwed too bro. #IFeelYaPain.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Former WWE Diva Responds to Reports On Why She Was Released<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ivelisse Velez, who performed as Sofia Cortez in WWE&#039;s FCW and NXT developmental programs, expressed shock at reports that she was let go from WWE due to\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2012\/08\/12\/former-wwe-diva-responds-to-reports-on-why-she-was-released\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former WWE Diva Responds to Reports On Why She Was Released\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ivelisse Velez, who performed as Sofia Cortez in WWE&#039;s FCW and NXT developmental programs, expressed shock at reports that she was let go from WWE due to\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2012\/08\/12\/former-wwe-diva-responds-to-reports-on-why-she-was-released\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Headline Planet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-08-13T00:04:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2012-08-13T00:26:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brian Cantor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cantorpedia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@headlineplanet\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2012\/08\/12\/former-wwe-diva-responds-to-reports-on-why-she-was-released\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2012\/08\/12\/former-wwe-diva-responds-to-reports-on-why-she-was-released\/\",\"name\":\"Former WWE Diva Responds to Reports On Why She Was Released\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-08-13T00:04:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-08-13T00:26:12+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\"},\"description\":\"Ivelisse Velez, who performed as Sofia Cortez in WWE's FCW and NXT developmental programs, expressed shock at reports that she was let go from WWE due to\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2012\/08\/12\/former-wwe-diva-responds-to-reports-on-why-she-was-released\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/\",\"name\":\"Headline Planet\",\"description\":\"Music News &amp; 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