Tara Discusses Leaving TNA 28.4.2010
Posted by David Damage on Saturday, April 30, 2011
Under: Superstar Blogs
Tara (Victoria in WWE)
Lisa Marie Varon's (a/k/a Tara) current contract with TNA will be
expiring shortly and she may not re-sign. Reportedly, she is looking for
a pay raise as well as more time off from the road in order to focus on
her custom car shop in Louisville.
In response to the report,
she posted a blog on her MySpace account saying that her time with TNA
appears to be coming to an end as they have been unable to come to an
agreement on a contract renewal. She says she wanted a pay increase, but
TNA didn't budge.
She wrote: "It appears that I'm winding down
at TNA. Unfortunately some organizations "leak" information to wrestling
websites to put their spin on a situation, to make sure they come out
in the best light. Not me. I'm gonna say it. I'm gonna put my name on
it. And I'm going to stand behind it.
"I came to TNA last year
because I still had a lot of wrestling left in me. I was paid a fraction
of what I thought I deserved. But I wanted to show I was still at the
top of my game. Now my contract is up in May. I want a modest pay
increase. They don't want to pay me what I think is fair. I have no
problem going my own way."
It was also indicated in the report
that many people within the organization feel she's difficult to work
with, with a few complaints regarding her cited. Her in-ring work has
also been questioned as some feel she's not putting forth her best
effort.
In response to this, she wrote: "But about 12 hours after
the conversation where we didn't agree on pay, unnamed sources claim
that I am hard to work with and that I don't give my best effort. My
only response is that TNA made an aggressive effort to re-sign me, among
other things saying that they want to build the women's division around
me. And I think wrestling fans see, both on TV and at live events, that
I always give 100%. I take pride in that. Smearing me on the way out
the door is an act of second rate character.
"I take pride in
making my best effort to elevate my own wrestling and the entire TNA
Women's Division. If people were rubbed the wrong way in the process, I
stand behind my work and my positive intentions.
"In closing I
will say this. In the few weeks that I have left in TNA, I will be the
same wrestler that you have seen for the past ten years. After that, I
haven't decided if I will stay in wrestling, or finally make the jump to
MMA. I do have a lot of irons in the fire. We'll see where life takes
me. But wherever that is, there's gonna be competition, and I'm gonna
give it my all."
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