Tommy Dreamer Shoots Down Notion That Ash By Elegance’s Situation Is a Work

Tommy Dreamer has shot down speculation that Ash By Elegance’s stepping away from the ring is a work. As reported, Ash announced at Victory Road that she was stepping away from the ring as she was no longer able to compete and relinquished the TNA Knockouts Championship. Dreamer is a member of the TNA staff and swatted down the idea that the matter is a work on Busted Open Radio.

“She is no longer physically able to compete, per her statement and that’s it,” Dreamer said (via Wrestling Inc). “There’s HIPAA laws involved and stuff like that. People shouldn’t speculate. If it’s a work, you’re not going to hand in your title. Like, the Seth Rollins thing, people were speculating… But with Ash, unfortunately, like I said, things changed because she had stepped down and it sucks.”

He continued, “It sucks for her, because it was like she just hit the high of highs with her career and it was off to the races. I mean, it was going to be the winner of her match faced Indi [Hartwell] to defend the title at [Bound for Glory] and everything has to change. ‘Card subject to change’ is a real thing.”

Ash has not elaborated on her reasons for stepping away from the ring. Kelani Jordan won the vacant title in a match on Victory Road and is part of Team TNA for the men’s and women’s Survivor Series-style matches on next week’s NXT vs. TNA Showdown.