Kris Statlander hates to say it, but credits MJF for helping get her signed to AEW.
The current reigning TBS Champion spoke on this topic during a recent interview with Under The Ring, where she detailed her journey from the indie circuit to being one of the top stars in the AEW women’s division. Statlander admits that the Salt of the Earth played a huge role in her signing.
It all kind of happened so suddenly. I was at this point in my independent career where I was having six matches a week and wrestling four or five days a week and I was very tired, but busy and excited. I got the email to come do a dark match and be an extra. It was in Nashville. ‘That’s kind of a far distance, but if they’re bringing me in, sure, absolutely. I’m not going to say no.’ I showed up, I did some of the training with the girls, and I feel pretty early in the day they started discussing possibly bringing me in and I was like, ‘I haven’t even had my match yet. Don’t you want to see me wrestle first?’ In my opinion, I would want to see how a person works before bringing them into a company. I know that I had some people recommend me and looking out for me. I hate to give him credit, but I know MJF was probably the biggest one. I do have a lot to owe him, unfortunately, but he’s been there for me a lot as a friend. If he hadn’t recommended me as someone to bring in, I probably wouldn’t have gotten that opportunity so early on. It probably would have happened eventually, I would hope it would have. It kind of happened out of nowhere. The first day I was there, ‘we’re going to bring you in.’ ‘Alright, let’s do it.
Elsewhere in the interview, Statlander spoke about her recent defense of the TBS title against Jade Cargill from last Friday’s AEW Rampage, where she stated that they both had something to prove. You can read about that by clicking here.
(H/T and transcribed by Fightful)
