Booker T Speaks About Ava Leaving WWE: “Didn’t See This One Coming”

Booker T addresses Ava’s departure.

Simone Johnson, daughter of Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, was the on-screen General Manager for WWE’s NXT brand and was known as ‘Ava.’

Johnson opted to depart WWE, and following her exit, she tweeted the following:

Now that i can say this with my full chest, 🖕🏽 ice and that entire administration.

NXT commentator Booker T weighed in on Ava’s exit from the company and said he had no clue that it was coming. He said the following on his Hall of Fame podcast:

“It’s definitely out of the blue. It definitely got a lot of layers there that you could peel back and say, man, was it this? What is that? Or the other? But, I left work last week and I didn’t know anything about it. I didn’t hear any rumors, I didn’t feel any rumblings or anything like that as far as, hey man, maybe Ava’s gonna take a step back and move on into a different direction. But then again, this business is very, very unpredictable. It really is. You could be here today, and pretty much gone tomorrow. So, I get it, totally understand it. Just didn’t see this one coming. But, that’s the business. It’s a little clause, normally at the bottom page, and it says ‘card subject to change.’ At any moment. So, that’s the way I look at this.”

The week after Ava’s exit, Robert Stone was appointed as the interim General Manager of NXT.

If the quote in this article is used, please credit the Hall of Fame podcast with an H/T to Fightful for the transcription.