Cassie Lee (Peyton Royce) Opens Up On Creative Freedom In TNA vs. WWE

Cassie Lee compares the creative structure of WWE to TNA Wrestling.

Cassie Lee and Jessie McKay are now known as The IInspiration. They were previously known in WWE as Peyton Royce and Billie Kay, The IIconics. After their WWE releases, they joined the TNA roster to great success. They would eventually take a break from professional wrestling to focus on motherhood, but they are now once again part of the TNA roster.

Speaking on TMZ Sports’ Inside The Ring podcast, Cassie Lee, the former Peyton Royce, discussed the difference between the free-flowing creative style of TNA Wrestling and the various creative obstacles they faced at WWE.

“Definitely, and I think that’s one of the reasons why we have so much fun at TNA, they just trust us. When we are able to cut a promo, or if we are doing a backstage segment, they just trust that we know ourselves well enough to deliver the message in a way that we truly would. Having that freedom to banter with each other and just be us, we know that’s where our money is so it was somewhat of a battle at WWE when we were still there where, like, one little word would have to be approved and that would take an hour to get approval and it’s like, do you go wait outside of an office for six hours to see if you can get this line changed because it doesn’t really fit us? So that has been really nice with TNA. They trust us, and I know WWE would, too; it’s just they are a different beast… But yeah, we have loved every part of the creative aspect of TNA.”

The IInspiration will next challenge The Elegance Brand for the TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Championship at TNA Victory Road.

The IInspiration is a WWE NXT original act. Currently, WWE and TNA have a working relationship with NXT stars crossing over to TNA and vice versa. Learn more about that working relationship here.

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