Marina Shafir: There Is No Sidekick Mentality With The Death Riders, We Are Teammates
Marina Shafir is not a sidekick.
Ahead of their match at AEW Full Gear, Mercedes Mone has not held back when it comes to her opinion of Shafir, even referring to her as “Jon Moxley’s little bitch”. While speaking with The Sportster for a new interview, ‘The Problem’ dished on her issues with the term “sidekick”.
“I fucking hate the word sidekick. I fucking hate the word sidekick. We are teammates. They are my brothers, I am their sister. There is no sidekick mentality here. This isn’t a fucking Batman and Batboy type situation and I feel like whenever someone tries to lessen it, it’s because they see how fucking big it is really is. They don’t see this type of sisterhood and brotherhood in this business. This group in itself is so special because whatever assumptions people had about groups in professional wrestling, we have revolutionized that for like future professional wrestling. We have opened the doors to so many new possibilities that it’s invigorating. I feel like every week I go to work, I’m just kind of like, ‘What am I going to learn this week, what are we going to try and master?’ That’s how it is. It’s not a sidekick.”
Continuing on, Marina Shafir took a moment to explain what she wants her wrestling legacy to look like.
“As far as me coming out and establishing myself, I’ve established myself as a fucking solid teammate. I’ve established that I’m dependable, I’m resilient, I’m like the fucking company’s cockroach. I will never fucking die. You can beat me, I might lose but I don’t really fucking lose. I don’t. I have learned to lose, I’ve learned how to lose and that is a skill that a lot of people haven’t learned for themselves. I had to learn how to lose. I lost in judo, I lost in fighting, I’ve lost in motherhood, I’ve lost in being a wife, I’ve lost with being fucking everything. That’s what separates me from everyone. I think that is the essence of who I am. You solve me once and you get ten more problems, that’s just poetically what I’ve always wanted to be. My objective is to make professional wrestling better. I just want to bring more to it. That’s always been my goal. I really don’t want to be selfish, I want to be more disciplined, I’ve said that time and time again. I think that is what transcends me and this business. If I leave any type of legacy in this business, I want it to be that.”
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