In a surprise return, Kris Statlander showed up following Jade Cargill’s successful title defense over Taya Valkyrie and secured the TBS Championship in an impromptu match at AEW Double or Nothing 2023.
In a recent appearance on the “Busted Open Radio” podcast, Statlander shared how she has gained a lot of perspective over the course of her injury layoff, that had kept her out of action for almost a year. She said,
“There’s a lot of things that you learn when you’re out with such an extensive injury. You learn a lot about yourself and how much wrestling means to you, and how much it sucks when something that you love gets taken away from you. But then you also kind of learn to take a step back and watch as a fan, and you see how people react to things, and you see how everything is happening as a whole, and you try to find a way to work back into things and see where you fit. Wrestling always evolves and changes, and you kind of look to see how you can make yourself fit into where the product will be when you return. It was a lot more internal soul-searching that you learn about with an injury as opposed to just more moves or anything. You gotta start over and make sure that just you can still do what you used to do once you recover from an injury.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Kris Statlander addressed her emotions after defeating Jade Cargill and acknowledged the weight of succeeding Cargill as the TBS Champion. You can check out what she had to say here.
