Kristal Marshall Released
Smackdown diva Kristal Marshall has been mysteriously released from WWE despite the fact that she's dating a main event wrestler and is involved in a huge storyline herself.
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Released
Kristal Marshall has been released from the company. Her profile was quickly removed from the official WWE website.
That part isn't a mystery. What is a mystery is the story behind her release.
Many are shocked that she was released because of her status with the company. Kristal Marshall was involved in a high profile wedding storyline with Smackdown general manager Theodore Long.
WWE made quite a bit deal out of the storyline as it was built up for several weeks. Plus, wrestlers from Raw were flown in to participate with the ECW and Smackdown wrestlers for the segment.
Another reason why people are surprised that Kristal Marshall was released is the fact that she's currently dating Bobby Lashley, who is destined to be remain in the main event scene on Monday Night Raw.
Prior to her release, there were even talks about moving her over to the Raw brand so that the couple could travel together. That says a lot about how much stroke Bobby Lashley has backstage because management generally frowns upon relationships between the performers. Usually, performers who are dating one another are kept apart (CM Punk and Maria, Kenny Dykstra and Mickie James; both relationships are over now). |
Wedding Plans
The original plan was to have Theodore Long stay away from television for a few weeks to help sell the injuries he suffered during the wedding segment.
During that time, Vickie Guerrero was promoted to the role of Smackdown general manager. It is believed that she would gradually become a heel once again. After she's established herself as a heel general manager, Theodore Long was supposed to make his return to confront her.
That part of the plan looks like it'll still happen.
However, the big changes are going to be the wedding aspect of the storyline. The writers will definitely be forced to explain the events that occurred at the wedding. They're also going to be required to explain Kristal Marshall's disappearance. In the past, WWE has continued storylines without explanations. Hopefully, they don't do that here because of all the time spent on building up the storyline. They can do something as simple as to say that her character was fired for poisoning Theodore Long. It wouldn't be the most creative way of doing things, but it does provide a little bit of closure.
Bobby Lashley
Unless it is revealed that Bobby Lashley had some sort of involvement in this release, things shouldn't change too much for him. He's still expected to be involved in the main event scene of Monday Night Raw when he returns at the end of the year.
Closing Thoughts
It'll be interesting to see why Kristall Marshall was released. It has to be something big. |
