Tenille Dashwood gives update on in-ring future

Though she hasn’t wrestled since being released by WWE, Tenille Dashwood isn’t done in the ring.

Dashwood (formerly known as Emma) and her now-husband Mike Rallis (Riddick Moss) were both released by WWE in September 2023. Neither has competed in the ring since then. Their releases were part of a set of roster cuts that were made after Endeavor acquired WWE.

Appearing together as guests on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Dashwood and Rallis were asked about their in-ring futures. While they may be focused on other pursuits at this point in time, both said they’ll be wrestling again. They have an upcoming commitment in Australia for autograph signings and a match.

Dashwood said she can’t imagine that she’ll ever fully step away from wrestling, but she isn’t actively pursuing anything and doesn’t have a plan moving forward in the industry right now.

Dashwood: I will say I was a little disappointed with that last [WWE] run, and a little upset with how things went. I do think I had a lot more to contribute. I had very high hopes when I returned, and it just didn’t turn out the way that I would have liked. But in saying that, we did see it as a positive. We just weren’t being used, you know, so when we finally got released, we were like, ‘Okay, let’s go do the things we want. ‘And that has been very exciting. So I think at this point, we’re kind of focusing on that. And we do have a tour coming up in Australia that we have committed to.

Moss: We are wrestling again.

Dashwood: There are some autograph signings and a match that we’ll both have. But past that, we are kind of just focusing on all our other things right now. And yeah, I guess I can’t imagine ever fully stepping away from wrestling. It’s been my dream since I was a little girl, and that was the only thing I ever really wanted to do. And I mean, I’m so glad I’ve gone after it and had the career I’ve had. So it would be hard for me to say, like, I’m done with wrestling. But in that same instance, I am not actively pursuing anything or don’t have a plan moving forward at this point, either.

Rallis: I mean, I would probably echo a lot of what she’s saying. Like I just mentioned, I had so much fun wrestling, and I met so many cool people. Like, I love wrestling. Having said that, there’s a lot of other things I really love that I want to pursue. And the one thing about wrestling, and when I was a football player I used to say this, the one guaranteed thing is, like, it’s going to come to an end. And it’s very physical, and I’ve taken my fair share of punishment with, you know, achilles, ACL surgery, I’ve got a wonky eye from a few too many concussions and blows to the head. So, like, that’s definitely a consideration is the health. And as much as I love the wrestling part of wrestling, there’s a political side of wrestling that I don’t necessarily love. And all of these businesses that we’re doing have its own, I mean, I feel like we’re way busier than we were with WWE. As anyone who’s tried to do anything on their own — of their own entrepreneurial venture of any kind — knows there’s a lot of work that goes in upfront. It’s stressful, and it’s exciting, and it’s fun. But there’s something to it being all on you and not having to worry about who you’re rubbing the wrong way or anything like that. And just, ‘Am I standing the correct way to not anger the wrong person?’ Or, ‘What does so and so think of me?’ There’s just — it’s really freeing. No drama.

Since their releases from WWE, Dashwood and Rallis have started a travel series on YouTube called “Where to Next, Honey?”

Dashwood had previously been released by WWE in 2017. She returned to the company in 2022 after stints with Impact Wrestling and ROH.

Dashwood and Rallis, who announced their engagement in June 2023, got married in Hawaii earlier this month.