Her start in NXT was modest but steady, producing some great matches with the likes of Io Shirai, Bianca Belair and Candice LeRae. Mia Yim's issues, on the other hand, can be more squarely heaped onto the shoulders of creative, and by extension the final WWE decision-maker, Vince McMahon. While in Ember Moon's case not all her setbacks were the company's fault, WWE still had plenty of chances to utilize her skillset and actively chose not to-even with fans responding positively to her. Throughout the 2010s they both worked extensively on the independent scene, gaining notoriety and helping to shape a whole generation of wrestlers through women's-exclusive promotions like SHIMMER, who beat WWE's so-called "women's evolution" to the punch by nearly a decade. Now into the 2020s, many of the wrestlers who Moon and Yim inspired into the business are working for different promotions all around the world, and would obviously be eager to step into the ring with the former WWE Superstars. While Ember Moon may be the slightly more famous wrestler of the two, having spent more time on WWE television shows, both have a significant underground fanbase and are hugely influential to the current crop of up-and-coming women's wrestlers-particularly those who grew up watching them compete prior to signing with WWE. Dubbed "Reckoning", the newly masked Yim spent 6 months with the group trying to make the gimmick work, but the damage was done and she never quite recovered even after the stable disbanded. Meanwhile, Mia Yim's own jump to the main roster forced her into arguably one of the worst factions in WWE history: the universally panned Retribution. Moon did win the title after Asuka's jump to Monday Night Raw, and had a solid reign, but multiple injuries repeatedly held up her own main roster experience and she ultimately struggled to find any consistency from WWE's creative decision-makers when she was healthy. In 2015, Ember Moon-formerly Athena-signed with WWE and found success on the NXTbrand straight away, although record-breaking undefeated NXT Women's Champion Asuka being on top of the division at the time gave her an immediate ceiling for far too long.
Related: AEW New Signings - What Next For Adam Cole & Bryan Danielson In fact, the company has come under fire multiple times for releasing people during the COVID-19 pandemic, despite the billion dollar empire bringing in more money than at any time in its history thanks in large part to massive television deals and WWE's controversial partnership with the Saudi Arabian government. In contrast, developing competitor All Elite Wrestling (AEW) has continued to sign new wrestlers consistently since their debut in 2019, and has even launched new shows like AEW Rampage and AEW Dark: Elevation in order to showcase more talent, giving numerous individuals a place to work throughout the pandemic.
This is not the first time that WWE has released talent en masse while citing "budget cuts" as the reason.
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