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 her time in All Elite Wrestling and revealed receiving heat from the AEW locker room.
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 Discusses Getting Heat From AEW Locker Room
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 The Ten Count where she talked about her time in All Elite Wrestling and revealed receiving heat from the AEW locker room. She said;
“It was amazing really. I don’t hate WWE, and I had great conversations before we made our decision on where we were gonna go. My husband had great conversations before we decided where we were gonna go.
“I think that’s also the thing that people need to realize, too, is a lot of us keep great relationships everywhere. You know, Triple H and Stephanie [McMahon] sent huge baskets to our house full of all these kids’ gifts after both of my kids [were born].”
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