Alicia Fox opened up about the house show incident in February of 2019 that ultimately led to her going to rehab.
In a Twitch stream that aired on Friday, Fox talked about needing to get out of the business before “it killed her”, citing her issues with alcohol. In the stream, she thanked WWE for “paying for her sobriety”, saying that the house show incident in which she appeared intoxicated while wrestling a match changed her life.
“It actually changed my whole life,” she said. “This is what got me into rehab, which I’m forever grateful. Forever grateful that company had that support.”
Fox said the match she was supposed to be in got changed at the last minute, causing her to stress out. Fox said that after the match. she was given a “field sobriety test” by WWE medical staff where other WWE stars walked in.
“I guess the rumor mill is everyone was saying I looked drunk, I look like I’m bumping crazy. I have no idea. I’m in the match, guys. I don’t know," she said. "I was kinda rushed and stressed about changing the match...I don’t know what’s going on. Here’s where the mic drops. I don’t really know how to put this. But this is true. By the time I got out of my match and I’m being taken out by the medical team...and they give me a field sobriety test in the training room and it’s like no Arn, no producer, Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman are like popping their heads in there, they’re like asking me what day it is, what city we’re in...I felt like such a failure.”
Fox said that the producers had no idea where she was, and felt like she didn’t have any protection and felt embarassed by her co-workers. She said she has not contacted Anderson since the incident. It was reported that Arn Anderson was fired from WWE for letting Fox work the match while appearing to be intoxicated.
“I still haven’t even been able to talk to him about this. And that was a bridge built water deep, I don’t know. And I went to the locker room, I packed up my stuff, and the girls came in acting all like they didn’t know what was going on.”
She also accused WWE of exploiting her family’s drinking problems to use for the Total Divas reality show.
“I’ve also experienced this Total Diva living and reality and trying to pay my bills. Yeah, sure, I’ll do a storyline about my family and exploit them and their drinking problems. No problem. Then I’ll go cry in another diva’s podcast.”
Fox announced back in May that she was no longer under WWE contract. Following the house show incident in 2019, she returned that April but was later taken off the road permanently, only making sporadic appearances on WWE television prior to her release.
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