On October 14, 2022, Maria Kanellis-Bennett made her AEW debut on Rampage, alongside Mike Bennett and Matt Taven, as part of The Kingdom.
In an interview with The Ten Count podcast, Maria noted that she has received “a lot” of hate from the wrestling community following her AEW debut, despite maintaining healthy relationships with her colleagues from her prior workplace, World Wrestling Entertainment. 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].”