Sonny Kiss reflects on her time in AEW.
The former company star, who did not get her contract renewed, spoke about this topic during a recent interview on Busted Open Radio. Kiss was begins by saying she wishes she could take back AEW fans’ early perception of her, as she thinks that the constant use of her booty made people think she was just a gimmick.
If I knew that that was gonna be the response, I probably wouldn’t have done that as my first introduction to AEW. Because that was the first spot I did. That was with 10,000 people and everybody watching at home saw. So I probably wouldn’t have made that my first spot that the world has seen of Sonny Kiss. That’s the one thing I’ll take back from that. I would still do it, and I think I was supposed to have more offense with Brian Cage, but I think somehow things are going all over the place, and your stuff gets cut. It happens. I wouldn’t have had that as my first spot. When you’re a person like me, you can’t do certain things like that because then the world just sees you as that.
Kiss continues, saying that she is much more of an aggressive wrestler and wishes she could have showcased that more while in AEW.
Even to this day, people say, ‘Oh, you’re just a gimmick.’ No. You have not been watching my progression if you think that I’m just a gimmick. I am so much more than that. I’m very athletic, I’m very talented, I’m very unique. I have so much more to offer than just having a great ass. That was up to me too, that was on me. I needed to show that more. I needed to show that I was more of a spicy, aggressive wrestler. Like I said, that was my introduction so that’s was what the podcasters and other people wanted to talk about because that’s what I showed them.
Elsewhere in the interview, Kiss spoke about how she would beg to come to AEW tapings while on the roster as she would normally not be used. You can read about that here.
(H/T and transcribed by Fightful)