Odyssey Jones Addresses His WWE Release, Thinks WWE & TKO Mishandled the Situation

– During a recent interview with the Generation Of Wrestling podcast, former WWE Superstar Odyssey Jones discussed his WWE release that took place September 2024 due to allegations of domestic violence. Jones later issued a statement denying the allegations.

He also filed a defamation lawsuit against his former partner, Meileith Nunez, claiming that she “falsely communicated with WWE parent company TKO to make the accusations. Jones expressed his view that WWE mishandled the situation. Below are some highlights (via Fightful):

Odyssey Jones on his belief that WWE mishandled the situation with his release: “100 percent. First thing, before I say anything, I thank God that it happened this way because this whole thing, like I said before, it made me grow as a man, I grew more confident, I grew closer to Christ. I got to a low point and got to build up the right way, so to speak. But yeah, I think they mishandled it. Even when I talked to them about the situation, when they called me and first told me, I laughed on the phone, because I know what happened… I won’t dive too deep into it. I won’t drop names or anything.”

On what he claims happened with Meileth Nunez: “At the end of the day, it was a woman upset I was making moves without her. The narrative is it was my girlfriend and you know, this is kind of throwing me under the bus. It wasn’t my girlfriend. It was one of my girls. One of my women that I was seeing when I was traveling, and you know, she got upset that she wasn’t the one. She got upset that she didn’t get access that she felt she deserved, and most of its public. You could even look deeper in it. I’ve had prior problems with her so this goes to my ignorance and naivety, naiveness to it, and lust so to speak, that I gave her a second chance that she shouldn’t have got. I was dealing with someone who wasn’t equally yoked as me, and instead of trying to work to be on on the same level, she said she’s just gonna tear me (down), which is fine, because the end of the day and I tell a lot of my friends this, it’s my turn to be in this kind of perspective, in this time of transition. The cream always rises to the top. I think the talent will show.”

On his belief that TKO got scared over the allegations: “I think TKO was transitioning to more corporate, and they were just scared. I still think to this day — we’re almost actually a year after — still to this day, I don’t even know what was said. I don’t know what even was fully told. (They) got me jumping through hoops just to get information, and the young lady isn’t answering nothing. She didn’t come to any court cases. She’s not answering any summons or nothing so, it was really just a hurt person trying to hurt someone one more time, when they had a chance and kind of stab me in the back and run away with it so to speak. But, like I said, it is what it is. I say this often, ‘Let’s see what happens.’ I’m living my dream right now. I always said that I wanted to go to Japan…”