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Several WWE stars have been forced to sign-off Twitch, following the company’s edict to cease third party business relationships.
Today, Cesaro, Zelina Vega, Brennan Williams (Mace), Mia Yim, and AJ Styles all announced they would be suspending further Twitch broadcasts for the time being.
Paige didn’t take the news well, and expressed her displeasure during her latest live stream.
She spoke on how on her Twitch community is an escape for a lot of people, including herself. She says that she can no longer wrestler, and believes her streaming has filled a large void that she lost.
“There may be a time where I have to stop streaming. I’ll have to walk away. If I have to leave, we have to make today and Saturday fucking crazy. I’ve honestly gotten to the point where I cannot deal with this company anymore. Now I have to make a very important decision. I’m fucking tired, man. I broke my fucking neck twice, twice for this company. Over fucking worked. I broke my fucking neck twice for this company. They don’t realize that this community isn’t about subs. We build a community and family where this is an escape for a lot of people, including myself. I can’t wrestle anymore. I was worked so hard in WWE that I can’t wrestle anymore because my neck is fucked. My whole dreams got taken away. I had to have something that fulfilled that huge fucking void that I lost with wrestling. I couldn’t wrestle anymore, something I lived and breathed since I was a fetus, and it got ripped away from me. I had to find something that I could fill a little bit of that and Twitch was a wonderful thing for me. It’s such a wonderful place for me,”
She continued speaking on how she’s an injured wrestler, and doesn’t have a busy schedule like others. She occasionally gets used for media appearances, but spends most of her time inside her house.
“I understand if they’re like, ‘you’re wrestling every day and doing shows every day,’ but I’m an injured wrestler. I get used for media stuff, sometimes, but at the end of the day, I’m in my house going fucking crazy and I need something to keep me sane. Twitch was my escape. Right now, I’m just sitting on my fucking ass. People think I should be thankful that I still have a fucking job, and I am, but it doesn’t mean I should be treated like fucking shit. I had my neck taken away from me twice. You can’t take away my Twitch too. I’m gonna keep streaming, we’ll see how that goes,”
She spoke revenue talent make on Twitch verses the substantial revenue the company makes. She believes Twitch was targeted, but other talent have other revenue streams such as Youtube channels, merchandise, and wrestling schools that are not affected the same way.
“I haven’t been used on TV in a year. This is our fun and where we can be ourselves. That’s why we’re here and on Twitch. We also have a wonderful community. What’s the pocket change we’re getting compared to the billions these people are getting? We’re not hurting anybody or doing anything harmful, we’re just having a good time. People are on YouTube, have merchandise, wrestling schools, and Twitch gets taken down?”
Watch some of her comments in the video below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E5AXx1cshQ&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=HeelByNature
Thanks to Fightful for the transcription.