Lacey Evans reportedly gone from WWE

Lacey Evans resumed using her real name on social media and heavily hinted that her time in WWE will be done this week.

Update Aug. 16, 2023: Wrestling Observer’s Dave Meltzer is reporting that Lacey Evans is indeed “no longer with WWE.” Original story follows.

For the time being, you can still find Lacey Evans in the ‘Superstars’ section of WWE.com with the profiles of current talent. But maybe not for much longer.

Evans ignited a flurry of speculation by changing her social media profiles on Tuesday to include the phrase “FKA WWE Superstar Lacey Evans” and then posting that “When the clock strikes 12, you will address me as Macey Estrella from here on out.” Macey Estrella is Evans’ real name, suggesting that she is indeed done with WWE and will be using that going forward.

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While she didn’t hint at whether her next move would involve wrestling, she did suggest she’d consider starting an OnlyFans account.

Evans signed with WWE in 2016 and had a successful stint in NXT, though she was ever able to capture the NXT Women’s Championship. The same could be said of her first stint in the main roster, where she received a healthy push as the Sassy Southern Belle with a fairly standard “better than you” gimmick.

Though she had shots at both the SmackDown and Raw Women’s Championships during 2019 and 2020, WWE never gave Evans a title run, and she didn’t seem as over as a face as she was as a heel. There were reports that she was going to win the Raw Women’s Championship in early 2021, but she took time off due to pregnancy and didn’t return to WWE for more than a year.

WWE attempted to push Evans by using her real life background as a Marine and inspiring story of overcoming a troubled childhood, but may have miscalculated by trying both face and heel approaches and flipping back and forth between them quickly. Some fans were also turned off by her using the Cobra Clutch in an obvious callback to Sgt. Slaughter.

Evans’ most recent, and perhaps final televised WWE appearance was on the March 24 episode of SmackDown, where she teamed with Xia Li in a loss to Natalya and Shotzi. It will be interesting to see if she decides to continue on in the wrestling business, and if so, where she might turn up next.