Bully Ray Feels Departing WWE Star Wasn’t Passionate Enough About Wrestling

Bully Ray recently commented on the departure of a WWE star, suggesting that a lack of passion and drive for professional wrestling may have played a role in their decision.

Jazmyn Nyx was a member of the Fatal Influence faction alongside NXT Womenâ€s Champion Jacy Jane and Fallon Henley, and was recently written off television. While the on-screen explanation was a backstage attack, reports revealed the real reason was her decision not to renew her WWE contract. She later revealed that, financially, the deal didnâ€t make sense for her long-term plans, leading to her exit.

Although Nyxâ€s reasoning appeared logical, WWE Hall of Famer Bully Ray (formerly Bubba Ray Dudley) argued that passion, or the lack thereof, was another major factor in her decision to leave.

Bully Ray’s Reasoning For Comments On Jazmyn Nyx’s WWE Departure

Speaking on the latest episode of Busted Open Radio, the former WWE Tag Team Champion stated that if she had trained in a wrestling school before her in-ring career began, she might have developed more of a passion for it, as most wrestlers are willing to go through the grind to achieve their dream.

He explained that when a talent is recruited from a different field of sport, such as soccer, like Jazmyn Nyx was, the level of commitment often isnâ€t the same. He provided the example of Stephanie Vaquer, who has previously expressed what wrestling meant to her and how much she was willing to sacrifice to pursue her dream.

According to Ray, Nyx possibly lacked this hunger, which ultimately led to her leaving the Stamford-based promotion:

If Jazmyn Nyx would have trained at a wrestling school, wrestling would have been her passion and her dream. She most likely would have stayed put and grinded it out. There’s one thing about wrestlers, they will accept the grind to chase the dream.

But when you get pulled in from soccer, MMA, football, or whatever, it’s not the same. You don’t have that burning sensation, that burning passion. Like Stephanie Vaquer, who told me that wrestling was her nourishment when she didn’t have enough food to eat.

That doesn’t burn in Jazmyn Nyx. It’s not that same mental state, not that same pit-of-your-stomach grind where you need to do it, you need to make it.”

You can hear Bully Ray’s comments in the clip below, which was shared by Busted Open Radio on their X/Twitter account:

“When you get pulled in from soccer, MMA, football, whatever – [the passion] isn’t the same.”@BullyRay5150 breaks down Jazmyn Nyx’s exit from NXT, on the latest edition of Busted Open: The Masterâ€s Class.

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