Former AEW Women’s World Champion Kris Statlander has been with All Elite Wrestling for the reason that company’s first 12 months, but long-time fans of the “Cosmic Killer” will know that the identical 12 months she debuted for AEW, she also debuted for WWE. Simply going by the name Kristen, she teamed up with Karissa as The Brooklyn Belles to tackle The IIconics for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships on the April 9, 2019 episode of “WWE SmackDown.” Statlander was asked about her one and only WWE match during a recent episode of the “Insight” podcast, revealing that herself and Karissa were meant to have a really different gimmick than simply being from Brooklyn.
“Originally, the team name was speculated to be the Brooklyn Pizza Connection, and we were speculated to be named Saucy and Cheesy,” Statlander said, noting that she never got to search out out whether she was going to be Saucy or Cheesy. “Those were the choices, then it was The Brooklyn Belles after which just used our first names. But I used to be like ‘It form of would have been iconic to have been either saucy or cheesy,’ and my only match there was a tag title match, so what a option to go in and exit immediately. But now I actually have tag titles in AEW to go for, and perhaps I will be Saucy or Cheesy, or Garlic, or Oregano something like that.”
Statlander went on to disclose that she had done another extra work for WWE that never made it to air, but she was in attendance at WrestleMania 35 in 2019 as her former trainer, Brian Myers, won his first-ever match at a WrestleMania as Curt Hawkins, winning the WWE Raw Tag Team Championships with Zack Ryder. Nevertheless, nothing ever got here about when it comes to a proposal to hitch WWE despite her former trainer working for the corporate, and afterward in 2019, Statlander got an email about working for AEW, which ultimately led to a full-time contract and he or she has been “All Elite” ever since.
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