WWE News: Carmella opens up on why she wasn't called up with Enzo and Cass

Carmella speaks on why she was separated from her team.

What’s the story?

During an appearance on Lillian Garica’s Making Their Way To The Ring podcast, Carmella said that she wasn’t called up with Enzo & Cass because Triple H felt that she had the potential to make it as a singles Superstar.
In case you didn’t know...

Carmella (real name- Leah Van Dale) debuted in the WWE’s NXT brand back in 2013 as the on-screen manager of WWE Superstars Enzo Amore and Big Cass.
However, following the tag-team duo’s main-roster debut on Monday Night RAW last year, the ‘Princess of Staten Island’ was assigned to SmackDown Live, where she made her main-card debut in July of 2016.

The heart of the matter

Carmella featured on a recent edition of Lillian Garcia’s podcast, Making Their Way To The Ring, where the 29-year old former cheerleader addressed the case of her being separated from the tag-team and, in particular, her real-life boyfriend William Morrissey (Cass). Here are a few excerpts from her statements-

“When Hunter (Triple H) told me he said the reason why you’re not going with them is because you have the ability to make it on your own, you’re not just a hype girl for Cass and Enzo you’re not, I see more in you, you have more potential and you’re gonna be fine on your own.” 

She added that Cass being a night owl is in direct contrast with her habit of going to bed early. However, she also confessed that’d she’d be lying if she said that it wouldn’t be nice if the two of them were to work on the same brand.

“Like when I get home on Wednesdays when he picks me up from the airport it’s just so nice like we have our few days together and we’ve gotten really good at like texting and like figuring out like what works best for us when he’s on the road and um when I’m on the road, so it’s bittersweet you know, it’s like either way there’s gonna be an issue but we’ve really worked our way to like figuring out what works best.” 

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What’s next?

Carmella is presently signed to SmackDown and is part of a heel stable alongside her sidekick James Ellsworth, Natalya and Tamina.

Author’s take

For those of you who didn’t follow Enzo and Cass during their NXT days, you ought to know that Carmella was a perfect match with the tag-team before their split in 2016.
Regardless, I’ll have to agree with Triple H’s assessment here, in the sense that Carmella truly has that ‘It’ factor and doesn’t need to be a mere hype girl for Enzo and Cass. After all, she is ‘Fabulous’.