Kris Statlander Says Winning AEW Women’s Title Came At A Weird Time, ‘It Almost Didn’t Feel Like The Right Time’

Kris Statlander captured the AEW Women’s Title at AEW All Out, defeating Toni Storm in a four-way match that also included Jamie Hayter and Thekla.

Storm was on a historic run that included a victory at AEW All In over Mercedes Mone and the Hollywood Ending against Mariah May (Blake Monroe in WWE).

Speaking to Chris Van Vliet on Insight, it was noted that Statlander’s reign was a long time coming given her history in the company.

“I guess I kind of agree,” she replied. “I feel like you shouldn’t always necessarily need to brand yourself as a champion in order to be worthy of having this memorable career, so to speak. I feel like actually winning the championship kind of came at a really weird time for me. It almost didn’t feel like it was the right time, because the way Toni Storm went about making the match was like, You, you, you, let’s go do it, and we’re like, okay, so it’s kind of like taking advantage of an opportunity. Meanwhile, I was still getting harassed by the Deathriders and trying to sneak my way out of dealing with them. And then the up and down situation with Willow, and then me and Harley were kind of a thing. It was like a really, really weird time where I was very unsure of what I wanted to do and what path I wanted to take. Now I’m in this opportunity to win this belt. I’ve never gotten a chance to win, and I haven’t wrestled four in years at this point, so it’s like, I’m not gonna not take the opportunity, just because in my mind, things are all over the place. But at the same time, it felt really weird. It was just kind of like, well, I guess we’re here, so okay, and now it’s just kind of been an uphill battle trying to cement myself and find myself, while also putting myself and showing everyone who I am as the World Champion. So it’s been a really odd time.”

Statlander would lose the AEW Women’s Title to Thekla in a strap match on the February 11 episode of AEW Dynamite.

Elsewhere during the interview, Statlander commented on her one match in WWE. You can find her comments here.