For the primary time since leaving WWE, Toni Storm has opened up about her departure from the corporate.
Storm is now a part of AEW as she made her debut on the March 30 episode of Dynamite. From her debut, she has certified for the upcoming Owen Hart Basis Match the place she’s going to face Jamie Hayter within the first spherical.
Storm joined WWE in 2017 and was an on the spot favourite with followers. She gained the second Mae Young Traditional Traditional Match in 2018 and went on the grow to be the NXT UK Ladies’s Champion. Shortly after her name as much as the principle roster, Storm requested for her launch. Her debut match was gained towards Zelina Vega in July 2021. After a SmackDown Ladies’s Title match towards Charlotte Aptitude on a December episode, she would carry out at a dwell occasion that weekend earlier than making her exit.
Whereas talking to Busted Open Radio, Storm had the next to say about her debut with AEW.
“I felt actually overwhelmed in that second. I used to be actually excited and actually blissful. I really feel like I’ve been given a second probability in my profession and it’s not throughout. After I left WWE, I wasn’t banking on going wherever else. With out getting an excessive amount of into it, I type of left all of a sudden and wasn’t ready for all times exterior of that in any respect. I’m grateful Tony Khan reached out and has given me a job, a second probability, a possibility to essentially do what I really like, which is professional wrestling.” [h/t – Fightful]
When requested about her WWE departure, Storm remarked that there was a second she realized that it wasn’t for her and it wasn’t her place.
“I simply freaked out and went dwelling.” She continues, “There was a second the place I noticed it wasn’t for me. As a lot as I might need romanticized it as a baby and thought it was my dream and what I’ve to perform, I simply realized, perhaps it’s not and perhaps it’s not the place for me. Who am I to take another person’s spot that truly needs to be right here? That’s not truthful. I’m nonetheless going to be a wrestler. I spent years wrestling earlier than WWE and I beloved it. All there may be to return to is one thing that I really like, how dangerous can or not it’s? There was actually no level in going additional. I didn’t depart on dangerous phrases, it simply turned abundantly clear that it wasn’t the place for me. I really like and respect all the ladies there, they’re wonderful, hard-working, and encourage me. That wasn’t my place,” she mentioned.
Including to this, Storm says there have been different causes however there wasn’t sufficient time to get into every part.
Storm defeated The Bunny in her first match in AEW.
When requested who she wish to see be part of AEW she feedback on one other former WWE expertise. “Oh my god. Um, Tegan Nox, I must say, can be excessive up on that checklist. I feel that might be somebody who would actually deserve an superior spot like that.”
