Zoey Stark has issued her first public statement following her WWE release on Friday, calling her time with the company a fulfilled childhood dream and signaling she is ready for the next chapter of her career.
The release lands at a particularly cruel moment in Stark’s timeline. She had been out of action since the May 19, 2025 episode of Raw, when she suffered a torn ACL, MCL, and meniscus that required a three-hour surgery and nearly a year of rehab.
Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful Select reported earlier this month that Stark had finally been medically cleared to return, with WWE internally targeting a mid-2026 comeback and discussing a possible babyface turn for the former Pure Fusion Collective member.
Instead, she was cut.
In a statement posted to social media Friday, Stark thanked the company and the people behind the scenes who supported her through her recovery.
“Thank you WWE, you made a young girls dream come true. You could not have been better and more supportive during my healing and I will be forever grateful. Thank you to all the girls in the back, the producers, camera men you were all incredibly kind and gracious.”
She singled out two figures specifically, writing, “And a special Thank you to Terry Taylor and Coach Bloom for teaching me so much and being a shoulder to lean on.”
Stark closed with a forward-looking note rooted in faith. “Its just the end of this chapter and the beginning of a new one. Falling Foward, onward and upward with God’s plan.”
She also listed a booking email, [email protected], signaling she is open for indie dates, signings, and outside opportunities once fully cleared.
Part Of Wider Post-WrestleMania Cuts
Stark is one of several names cut by WWE on Friday in the company’s annual post-WrestleMania roster reduction. The wave also includes Nikki Cross, Alba Fyre, Bo Dallas, Joe Gacy, Kairi Sane, the Motor City Machine Guns, Aleister Black, Zelina Vega, and Andre Chase, with at least 18 talents confirmed gone across the main roster, NXT, and developmental.
Before her injury, Stark had built a reputation on the main roster as one of the women’s division’s most physically aggressive performers, working high-profile programs alongside Trish Stratus and running with Shayna Baszler in the Pure Fusion Collective. Her recent recovery videos showed her running, jumping, and back to full range of motion, the very updates that suggested a return was finally within reach.