{"id":322118,"date":"2026-04-21T10:46:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T05:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=322118"},"modified":"2026-04-21T10:46:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T05:16:00","slug":"steph-de-lander-calls-out-indie-promotions-over-lack-of-basic-necessities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/steph-de-lander-calls-out-indie-promotions-over-lack-of-basic-necessities\/","title":{"rendered":"Steph De Lander Calls Out Indie Promotions Over Lack Of Basic Necessities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_106\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Steph De Lander is back within the ring after a notable absence, however the WWE and TNA alum has taken issue with a scarcity of essentially the most basic necessities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Taking to Twitter, De Lander shared that several promotions she has worked with over the past month have failed to supply water to talent on the show.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019ve been back on indy shows for 4 weeks &#038; have already been on multiple shows with zero water backstage for talent\u2026 there needs to be water avail all the show incl. for talent within the important event. Bc we don\u2019t have <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheMattCardona?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheMattCardona<\/a> making the indies a greater place someone has to!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 STEPH DE LANDER (@stephdelander) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stephdelander\/status\/2046354651029615000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>When a commenter suggested that there could also be a number that De Lander and others could drink out of moderately than a standard method, Steph fired back.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Idk I don\u2019t think wrestlers should need to drink out of hoses backstage like fucking barn animals but perhaps that\u2019s just me<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 STEPH DE LANDER (@stephdelander) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stephdelander\/status\/2046400476657131644?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>De Lander didn\u2019t wrestle for over a yr attributable to a neck injury but she was cleared to return to the ring January 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Before her hiatus, De Lander had been working with Matt Cardona on the independent scene, though the previous NWA World Champion has since returned to WWE.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steph De Lander is back within the ring after a notable absence, however the WWE and TNA alum has taken issue with a scarcity of essentially the most basic necessities.\u00a0 Taking to Twitter, De Lander shared that several promotions she has worked with over the past month have failed to supply water to talent on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":322119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[15299,2745,5756,12334,11612,50846,13829,1224],"class_list":["post-322118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-basic","tag-calls","tag-indie","tag-lack","tag-lander","tag-necessities","tag-promotions","tag-steph"],"aioseo_notices":[{"message":"The permalink for this post just changed! 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