Skye Blue made her AEW pay-per-view debut during the 2021 All Out Casino Battle Royal, and she recently spoke with Billy Gardner to share her reaction to being told by Tony Khan that she’d be working her first pay-per-view event.
You can check out some highlights from the interview below:
On finding out she was going to be in the All Out battle royale: “We had dark matches…and at the end of one of the dark matches, Tony came out on the stage, had me come up the stage, and I thought I’d messed up like ‘Oh my God, I’m going to get fired before I’m even hired.’ And he asked me to be in the battle royale [at] All Out. And I was bawling my eyes out like a kid. I could not believe it.”
On calling her mother to let her know: “I went outside and called my mom. I was like, ‘You have to get PPV tickets, I’m on the PPV.’ And I’ve never heard a scream so loud through the phone, she was so excited.” Blue recalled, feeling that she’d finally “made it” in pro wrestling. During the same interview, Blue gave a brief update on her recovery status and hinted that the process has been slow, but seemed optimistic while determined to come back at full strength.”
During a recent appearance on the “Barstool Rasslin’” podcast, Ricochet commented on his time in AEW so far, being blamed by fans for Samantha Irvin’s decision to leave WWE, and more.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On his AEW run thus far: “I think I made the 100% correct choice and it’s been amazing so far, and just being in the back with the boys and talking to Tony [Khan] and really being able to go out there and start to tell some stories and really get the people involved, I think has been awesome so far … I came here because you know everybody wants to be the man, everybody wants to win the championship and I had my chance and it didn’t happen yet, but that doesn’t mean it’s not going to happen eventually. But I 100% am so happy with the decision I made.”
On getting blamed by fans for Irvin’s decision to leave WWE: “I think it’s so funny the fans blame me. Apparently I convinced her to leave her dream job to be at home. She said, ‘I don’t really like doing this specific job, and I’m obviously not going to get the opportunities that I really want, so I’m gonna step away’… Like, her identity became ‘ring announcer,’ and that’s kind of where she was like, ‘Oh man, I liked playing that role, it was a great role to play within the company, but I want to evoke more emotion out of people.’”
On if his leaving WWE was a factor in Irvin’s exit at all: “I do think me leaving was kinda like the straw that broke the camel’s back. It wasn’t the deciding factor, but I think it was just a couple of things. ‘Cause again, she was thinking about it.”
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