Former WWE star and a former WWE 24/7 Champion Maria Kanellis who is often regarded as the First Lady of Wrestling recently talked about the All Elite Wrestling and how it had been a place that she always wanted to be.
Maria Kanellis started her journey in the world of professional wrestling back in 2004. She was a competitor in the inaugural Diva Search competition of WWE. She was the youngest of the tournament and a lot of people still believes that she was the most beautiful woman to ever compete in the Divas Search competition of WWE.
Maria Kanellis Thinks AEW Is A Place Where She Always Wanted To Be
Even though Maria Kanellis failed to win the WWE Diva Search competition 2004, WWE signed her just after the end of the competition. She stayed with WWE for seven long years and she was involved in various storylines with different wrestlers. She was involved in the pursuit for the WWE Women’s Championship and WWE Divas Championship but she failed to win the title ever.
In 2011, WWE released her. After that she went to the Ring Of Honor and worked there for four years. She also worked in TNA and New Japan Pro Wrestling. WWE signed her back in 2017 once again along with her husband Mike Bennett. She worked in WWE for 3 years but was released in 2020. She was never utilized well during this run.
After leaving WWE she worked in various other professional wrestling promotions and had a great time, of course better than her second WWE run. Recently she opened her own women’s pro wrestling promotion named Women’s Wrestling Army.
Maria Kanellis who is often regarded as the First Lady of Wrestling recently spoke to Just Alyx where she talked about the All Elite Wrestling and how it had been a place that she always wanted to be. She said;
“I think it always has to be shaken up. I think if you do things a certain way for a certain number of years, then things do need to change. So shaking things up is always a great thing. I’ve always had a fantastic relationship with Triple H and Stephanie McMahon. They wished me luck and congratulations after both of my children were born and sent us gifts.
“Giant gifts! Like I’m talking baskets that were humongous. It had rockers and other stuff. My daughter loves her rocker. It’s a coyote hollowing at the moon. My daughter’s middle name is Moon. They sent all of these gifts for both of the kids.
“They gave my husband some great advice about parenting. So, on a personal level, we’ve always liked Stephanie and Triple H. We definitely communicated with Triple H as our contract was coming up with Impact Wrestling.
“You know, we did that courtesy conversation. It went really well. At the end of the day, I think AEW is the place where we belonged. So we’re really happy about the different relationships we have now in so many different companies.”
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