Priscilla Kelly Didn’t Want To Be Known As ‘Darby Allin’s Wife’ In AEW

Before she signed with WWE in 2021, Priscilla Kelly (Gigi Dolin in WWE) made multiple appearances on AEW TV, including competing in the Casino Battle Royal at AEW All Out 2019.

Speaking to Saraya on Rulebreakers, Kelly was asked if she had an opportunity to join AEW.

“It was really weird. I did All Out, the Casino Battle Royal. I wasn’t in for very long, but I think I had a good little showing. Then, I did the Jericho Cruise, an episode of Dynamite, and a house show. I had a lot of fun and I was really trying to get in there. I was told, ‘Just keep showing up. We’ll find something for you.’ I kept showing up. At the time, I was married to Darby Allin. It was easy because I could just jump in the car and go with him. It was COVID, so they were doing all the shows in Jacksonville. I would go and it was weird, nothing really ever came of it. I don’t know if it was a timing thing, probably. Originally, I wanted to go to AEW just because a lot of my friends were there and it was the first big TV company I was around. COVID happened, and later that year, I had the WWE tryout. It worked out in some way. It was a weird thing. I went and I never actually got signed,” she said.

Saraya brought up a reported idea where Kelly would be recognized as Darby Allin’s wife on TV. Kelly confirmed the idea was broached.

“Maybe it screwed me over for turning down the opportunity, but I had never been on a big televised company before,” said Kelly. “I did the Mae Young Classic for WWE, but most people don’t remember that. This was the first time I was going to be on TV. If I get my first real introduction as ‘Darby Allin’s wife ringside,’ I was scared, especially at that time, that I would just be his wife. At that time, I was so strong and bullheaded about it. ‘I am more than just a wife.’ You know how it is, Brie Bella would come to the ring and get ‘Yes’ chants. That was my biggest fear. Not that I was like, ‘Screw my then-husband,’ but I want to be my own entity and I don’t want to be this person where I come to the ring and they are changing ‘Darby.’ Maybe that screwed me over, maybe it didn’t.”

Kelly was signed by WWE in January 2021.

Elsewhere during the interview, Kelly opened up regarding her WWE release, which happened in May. Fans can find her full comments here.

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