Kris Statlander Says The Day One AEW Women’s Locker Room Didn’t Have The Hunger And Drive Of The Current One

Kris Statlander believes the current AEW women’s locker room has a lot more hunger and drive than the day one locker room.

Kris Statlander has been around since the early days of All Elite Wrestling and has watched as the companies women’s division has continued to grow and grow over the years. Now, she has listed the key differences.

While speaking on The Close Up with Renee Paquette, Kris Statlander was asked about the difference between the day one women’s locker room in AEW and the current one.

“I see a lot more hunger and drive. I feel like once when AEW first started, given I wasn’t there initially at the day one, but I was there with- I was like a few weeks behind. I feel like a lot of people were very… not relaxed, but people can get very like complacent with being like, I have the job, I’m where I need to be at. It takes a lot of hard work to get to that position, to get to the top, and I understand wanting to calm down and relax and be like, ‘I did it, I made it’, but we never truly make it. It’s nothing- there’s always so much more to accomplish. Sure, I was the first ever person to be TBS champion and the world champion. But what if I want to be the first ever two-time TBS champion? What if I want to be the first ever to hold both of them at the same time? There’s so much more  than that. But there’s just so many more goals that you can think of and accomplish, and in a world that’s constantly changing, it’s a little disheartening to see some people not necessarily, not that they don’t care, but to see that you put so much effort into it and see that not everybody always, and it’s not just the women, it’s everyone across the board with all aspects of every single job ever. It’s so disheartening to be like, I care so much about something that no one else seems to care about. I don’t wanna be isolated for caring so much. But I feel like today with the roster that we have now, everyone just wants so much success and just to give such an amazing product to the world, and it’s so fulfilling to be a part of it now. And to have seen it got to this point where we have everything that we need and more, honestly.”

Elsewhere in the same interview, Statlander noted that she felt ‘weirdly calm’ on the day of her World Title win. You can read more about that here.

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