Brandi Rhodes was recently interviewed by TV Insider about many AEW-related topics, and both the women's tag-team tournament and her recent disconnection from Twitter were topics.
On deactivating her Twitter account: āI just think that right now there are other things that need my attention a lot more. Iām focusing on āHeels,ā which Friday we had our first members based event. It was extremely successful. Itās nice to come together in a community of women that really appreciated it and enjoyed it. We had a really great time on Friday night. It was nice to put my energy into that. My energy is also going into the āWomenās Tag Team Cup Tournamentāā¦It has been a really nice weekend to put all my time and energy into what I want to be focusing on right now.ā
On putting the tag tournament on Youtube: āWith YouTube, itās its own show. That means we are trusted enough to carry our own show and donāt have to be compared to men. We were also not restricted on time. So itās really the dream scenario. Better than finding out when we are live and something went long, you may only have four minutes to put it out there. Thatās really hard, especially when you are trying to introduce new women and put that kind of pressure on them. Being itās our own show without the restraints and to be able to tell these stories how we want to is a really great situation.ā
On if this could lead to a full womenās tag division: āThe tournament has been really well-received. When I last checked the first episode surpassed 500,000 views on YouTube, which is kind where people start paying attention and say, āThis is really cool.ā On a success level, I think weāre doing well. I think it opens the door to possibilities for more. As far as the when, where and why, that isnāt something weāre not in any rush to do because weāre very new. To be able to do something like this and be successful this early is a really good sign.ā