Maria Kanellis talks about her relationship with Tony Khan and whether or not there have been any further discussions about her helping out the women's division.
Maria Kanellis currently leads Women's Wrestling Army and was a huge part of the Ring of Honor women's division during its resurgence in the summer of 2021. Previously, she said she had conversations with Tony Khan regarding the women's division of ROH underneath Tony's leadership but without a television deal currently, Maria says that all of her talks with Tony recently have been about The Kingdom joining AEW.
“So we've talked in the past about the ROH women's division and, because there's no real path moving forward in terms of knowing if there is gonna be a TV or not, we don't really talk about that anymore," Maria said to Just Alyx. "As far as what we've been doing on AEW, it's very much tag team wrestling focused. My goal right now is getting tag team gold on The Kingdom. That’s my main focus. So I don't really think about anything else because it's really important to be successful as a tag team.”
Speaking about the growth of the AEW women’s division, Maria stated she feels the division is in the best shape it's ever been in.
“Well, when any division starts you really don't know how they're gonna blend and they have tons of their own self-made stars, you know? Lots of in-house AEW brand exclusive stars. And I think that's incredible. They have such a strong women's division and I think they're starting to really find their groove. Everybody from new faces like Jade Cargill and veterans like Toni Storm. These stories are starting to come out, and it takes time to get there. It takes time to build. I think right now is really one of the best times I've seen the AEW women's division.”
Recently, Jamie Hayter defeated Toni Storm to become interim AEW Women's World Champion. Read Tony Khan's comments on the interim championship situation here.
Maria Kanellis was previously in IMPACT before AEW. Read her comments on IMPACT here.
