Kris Statlander Reflects On AEW Blood & Guts, Landing On Bed Of Nails
Statlander looks back on the match.
All Elite Wrestling presented the first installment of the women’s Blood & Guts match. The final result saw the team of Megan Bayne, Skye Blue, Thekla, Mercedes Moné, and Marina Shafir defeat the team of Jamie Hayter, Kris Statlander, Willow Nightingale, Harley Cameron, ‘Timeless’ Toni Storm, and Mina Shirakawa.
A week removed from the match, the AEW Women’s World Champion Kris Statlander reflected on it while on The Masked Man Show. Statlander also spoke about when Marina Shafir slammed her onto a bed of nails.
“I would say I guess probably taking the bed of nails (is my lasting memory from Blood & Guts). I don’t have any bandages. I do have a bunch of scabs and cuts and stuff right now that are healing but, I’ve come out pretty okay.
Honestly, it was kind of shocking (landing on the bed of nails). It was just kind of like, oh, I’m on a bed of nails at this point, and I remember I rested my head for a second and I was like, well, there’s a nail in the back of my head. Let me pick my head up, and then I was like, oh no, here comes Marina (Shafir) and then she walked away and then I tried to relax for a second again and then I felt a nail in the back of my head and I was like, no, what are you doing? There’s a nail in your head right now. So it wasn’t the most comfortable thing I’ve ever laid down on. But I remember I saw some people talking about it online and they were being like, ‘Oh, when the nails are that close together, it doesn’t actually puncture the skin.’ I was like, ‘The nails are not that close together.’ These nails are in my back right now, and that’s why I posted a picture of what my back looked like online because I was like, yes, there is a physics way to make that happen. If it’s really dense, sure, it won’t puncture you as much. But, this is not that. Those nails were in my back. They were in my head. I am scarred up right now from it.”
Next up on the calendar for Statlander is AEW Full Gear on November 22nd. She’ll be defending her AEW Women’s World Title against Mercedes Moné.
If the quote in this article is used, please credit The Masked Man Show with an H/T to Fightful for the transcription.
