Indi Hartwell details getting into a disagreement with a higher-up during her run in NXT.
According to Hartwell, the situation stemmed from The Way using a Ghostface mask at NXT Halloween Havoc 2020, as she wanted to call back to the spot years later. However, a WWE higher-up prevented her from doing so.
“This is what happened: The week that I was supposed to come in and help Candice (LeRae), there was a COVID outbreak and I had to be quarantined,” Hartwell said on a virtual signing with K & S WrestleFest. “So, when Candice had her Ladder match with IYO (SKY), they used Mercedes Martinez in (the) Ghostface (mask). That was ‘me,’ but it wasn’t me because I was at home having to quarantine. So then, I don’t even know who chose Ghostface but, I loved that-that happened because I love Scream, and it was cool.”
“That whole Ghostface thing with Candice, I think it happened on Halloween Havoc in 2021. So then the next year — maybe 2020 — and then a few years later, I had a Ladder match at Halloween Havoc. So I got Ghostface gear made. But then, right before the match, I was told by a higher-up, very high-up person who’s no longer there, I wasn’t allowed to wear the Ghostface gear because of copyright reasons. I tried to argue and say, ‘But we did it on TV a few years ago’ and they said, ‘No,’ so then I couldn’t wear it… Not argued (with the higher-up), but Steph (De Lander) definitely had to pull me away,” Indi Hartwell said. (H/T POST Wrestling)
