Maria Kanellis and Mike Bennett were two of the names who were released by WWE in April 2020 as part of the COVID-19 budget cuts. Both of them eventually appeared on ROH, down the road but the company recently decided not to renew their next TV season. Hence, there’s no update on when we could see the couple, next.
Maria Kanellis was grateful to WWE for providing them with an opportunity to work for the company but she’s opened up on numerous occasions about how they were ill-treated in the company. She was also one of the few names who received a trash bag containing her belongings, following the release.
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Despite what happened, it’s a fact that Maria Kanellis remains one of the most popular female superstars in the entire WWE history. She was a mainstay name back in the Ruthless Aggression Era when things used to be not so PG. As a result, she ended up having some adultery angles on TV with his colleagues.
Maria Kanellis felt awkward while kissing male colleagues in WWE
Two such moments came when Maria Kanellis was kissed by John Cena on an episode of Raw in 2006 to spread the rumors of their dating. Also in 2008, she was smooched by Rapper Snoop Dogg at the biggest stage of Wrestlemania 24. In a recent interview with Metro, the former WWE Superstar described her experience of kissing the likes of those two famous personalities on WWE TV.
‘I’ve kissed people along the way on television and everybody is always like, ‘Oh, you kissed him!’ It is the most awkward experience of your life,” Maria Kanellis said. “It’s not like this, ‘Oh, this is lovely’ – no, it is awkward!”
“There’s a camera, there’s a producer, there’s your writer, then there’s makeup artists out there sometimes watching to make sure your hair’s in the right position as you’re kissing this person.
It’s like, ‘Oh no,can you turn your face a little bit’ – and eventually you’re kissing the side of their face. There’s hot lights and you’re wearing, ‘I’m sorry, I smell,’ tanner – it’s not sexy!”
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Apart from WWE, Maria Kanellis also had successful stints in the companies like ROH, NJPW, and Impact Wrestling. While in ROH, she used to play the role of a gorgeous woman who would go on to tempt some of her male colleagues. In such an instance, Shelton Benjamin accidentally grabbed her assets.
During the interview, Maria Kanellis also noted that particular segment by stating the following,
“When I worked with Shelton and we were dancing together on the side of the apron – OK fine, except for the fact that he was covered in sweat from not only himself but from other men,” Maria laughed. “I’m trying not to fall off the apron, meanwhile also trying to pay attention to what’s going on around me so I don’t get knocked off the side. It’s not that sexy!”
