Female star was involved in backstage WWE clashes with Batista, Randy Orton, and Shawn Michaels
A female star has revealed that she had backstage clashes with Batista, Randy Orton, and Shawn Michaels. Shelly Martinez stated that she "told off" Michaels, Batista, and Orton during her run in WWE at different times.
Shelly Martinez's brief WWE run lasted about two years, from 2005 to 2007. She has previously spoken up about her backstage confrontation with The Animal that resulted in her exit.
In a new interview on Ring The Belle, Shelly Martinez revealed that Batista wasn't the only WWE Superstar she "told off." Here's what she said:
"Something I didn't realize until like 5 years ago is, even though I had a job lined up with TNA after they gave me the boot in WWE, and even though I was over there doing living the best life, I was still hurt. I worked so hard just to get fired for that? For telling people, 'What's up?' And I'm going to set the record here. I don't think this, and I haven't for years, but even I used to think that my incident with Batista was why I got fired. It's not. Before him, I told off Randy Orton, and before I told off Randy Orton, I told off Shawn Michaels." [14:17-14:51]
What did Shelly Martinez say about Batista in past interviews?
Shelly Martinez has already made peace with The Animal and doesn't believe that her confrontation with him led to her release. Two years ago, Martinez was quite vocal about her beef with the former WWE Champion. Here's what she said in an interview with WSI:
"‘Hey Shelly, how about you mind your business when you’re in catering?’ I took a second and I thought ‘I have an action figure coming out. I performed at WrestleMania. I guess this is a good day to get fired.’ And I said ‘Last I checked, you weren’t even in catering. So why don’t you mind your own f*cking business?’"
Like Martinez, The Animal is now retired. He wrestled his final match more than five years ago at WrestleMania 35 in 2019. He lost to Triple H in a No Holds Barred match that night.
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