Jazmyn Nyx Says She Wasn’t Offered A Raise By WWE Despite Years On TV And Working TNA

Jazmyn Nyx departed WWE on September 24, revealing that she turned down a WWE offer over financial compensation.

Nyx was part of NXT and aligned with Fallon Henley and Jacy Jayne in Fatal Influence before being written off TV.

Speaking to Ariel Helwani on the Ariel Helwani Show, Nyx gave more insight into her decision to leave WWE.

“I can truthfully say that I was not expecting to leave. I wholeheartedly felt that this was going to be my life. I was ready to put in the work and see where the journey took me, but it came down to making a living. Everyone needs to make a living and some people’s living is different than others. For me, after my three years and being on TV for two years, I expected there to be some sort of compensation for the work that I put in, and it didn’t end up that way. That’s okay, but that’s why I had to part ways. There was no bad blood. ‘I can’t be living on this. I value myself in this way, which you guys might not yet. In the future, value goes up, and if they want me back then I’d love to go back. In that time and that moment, it felt like the right decision for me. I didn’t want it to be, but you have to do what you have to do,” she said.

When asked about negotiations, Nyx commented, “It was honestly a long process for me because it was a back-and-forth situation. They reach out and say, ‘Here is what we’re offering you for the next three years.’ You either accept or try to negotiate. I tried to negotiate and the offer stood as it was. Went back a couple of times, ‘What about this?’ ‘No, offer stands.’ No budge.”

Asked if WWE’s offer was similar to the number she was looking for, she replied, “I just wanted any compensation. I felt, after three years, there could have been a meet in the middle. After I realized there no budge, that’s where it stood. There is nothing else I can do or say. Any sort of raise would do, and there was no raise. Yeah, just based off people who were coming in like me at that rate. After two years of being on TV every Tuesday, working for TNA as well, I felt like a raise would be understandable.”

Nyx said she tried to negotiate on her own, not using an agent. She also said that she spoke with a mediator and not a higher-up.

“If they felt like that was my value at that time, then I didn’t see it changing much. In terms of cost of living, there is nothing you can really say. Cost of living goes up every year. You have to make a living. If you don’t get a raise, you’re losing money. That’s how I looked at it,” she said.

Nyx reiterated that she didn’t foresee herself quitting, but couldn’t accept the offer without a raise.

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