Being AEW's CBO:
āA lot of people donāt know my background. When you get upset about something, do your research before you get upset about things. But you know, I have degrees in communications and journalism. I had full rank scholarship to the University of Michigan, which anybody in the north will tell you, I donāt know anyone that has had that at the University of Michigan, which tells you that I was a stand up student. So, being able to have that and scholarships at the University of Miami, like I said, Iāve studied journalism, Iāve been in the mediaā¦I was a reporter, Iāve been an anchor, self produced writer, so Iāve had a lot of experience in a lot of stuff that comes in the direction. Another aspect of being CBO is that youāre a face for the company and a lot of work that Iāve been doing in the last seven years in entertainment that has been very positive, so itās always good to have a face that is comfortable with media and very well ingrained with what they are doing. I do see things like people saying āThere are people more qualified.ā Really? Iād love to see them. Someone who has this much wrestling experience and able to do all sides to the job. Sure, there are people who have worked in corporate America for many more years than me, but they have to have the wrestling bones in order for this to work. Thatās why a lot of times they are more familiar with entertainment but not familiar with sports. Had a great career there but when they come here theyāre like a fish out of water.ā
Celebrating Being The Only Black Woman Ever To Work WrestleMania and Wrestle Kingdom:
āI think itās something that I have to celebrate a lot on my own. Itās something that I see as a big accomplishment that has never been done. Itās amazing! I do think a lot of times itās forgotten, especially in the black community because Iām married to someone whoās not black. So I think itās important not to not celebrate something because of who their families are. Itās always great to continue to recognise when these things happen because they only happen once. And maybe you donāt particularly like someone or you donāt see them a certain way because of their affiliations and stuff but we can recognise things as we as a community have been able to do.ā
Being A Voice For Black Athletes in AEW:Ā
āOne thing I can say is that I feel like I offer a voice in those areas. A lot of people think that if something doesnāt happen right away with women or with a particular minority, they are overlooked and theyāre not important and that is so much not the case. But itās important that thereās a voice there that can be the one to say āHey, have you considered this person? Or what about this group?ā I am able to have that voice. It is a collaborative effort. I know that some of the ideas that I have are not always going to be seen as a good idea by everybody but, thatās just life. We learn at some point that you donāt always get your way. But I have noticed that somewhere in the beginning that, in our collaborative effort that I am being heard. Which is wonderful! It shows that everybody wants it to be the best it can be and everybody wants to do as much as we can for good wrestling. So, if there are areas where things can turn, we can turn them and we hope we can work with everybody who is of interest and are really really great at wrestling. I do think with wrestling as a whole, one of the tough things, especially for women, more for the black community is that a lot of the times itās hard to get attention or youāre working in places where itās not being streamed. One thing that I would say for people who may hear this interview and be interested in trying to get their stuff looked at more, make sure you have a thriving social media and itās geared towards what you want to do, because if youāre a wrestler and youāre fantastic and I canāt get that from your Instagram or I canāt gather that from your Twitter, thereās no clips anywhere, youāre working against yourself.ā