 After eight years with the company , in March 2004 , Runnels was released from WWE prior to a massive firing spree . In an April 2015 interview with Vince Russo , Runnels stated that she was flown up on April 1 , 2004 to the WWE offices for a meeting with WWE executives Kevin Dunn and John Laurinaitis where she was told that they were parting ways with her ; the reason she was told that she was flown up was because that the WWE respected her . After leaving the company , Runnels spent time traveling the world . 
