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An AEW star who made a surprise return at AEW Double or Nothing has commented on their future and what they hope to bring to the championship.

After shocking everyone by making a surprise return at AEW Double or Nothing to not only end Jade Cargill’s undefeated streak but also capture the TBS Championship, Kris Statlander participated in the post-show media scrum.

When asked by Amy Nemmity from WrestleJoy, how Statlander might see her TBS Championship reign she said:

“I would say, aim for the stars and hopefully I could have a reign as long as hers [Jade Cargills] and if that doesn’t happen I want it to be fulfilling for not just me but for the company, for the fans, I want everything I do to mean something.

“I don’t want to say it has been a long time coming but I had to blow out two knees to get here and a lot of times recovering from injuries like that… I’ve said a lot of self doubt a lot of times but I’m not only going to prove to everyone that I deserve to be champion but also take the time to prove it to myself as well.”

Kris Statlander made her surprise return after Jade Cargill had already overcome her first challenger of the night.

Jade beat Taya Valkyrie at AEW Double or Nothing to initially retain both her title and her undefeated streak however after putting out an open challenge mentioning there was no other competition for her in AEW.

Unfortunately however Kris Statlander had returned from an extended injury and was ready to not only answer the challenge, but capture the AEW TBS Championship.

Full results from AEW Double Or Nothing 2023 were as follows:

HOOK, Jeff Hardy & Matt Hardy def. Austin Gunn, Colten Gunn & Ethan Page

International Championship Blackjack Battle Royal – Orange Cassidy (c) def. 20 others, last eliminating Swerve Strickland

Unsanctioned Match – Adam Cole def. Chris Jericho

AEW World Tag Team Championship (Special Guest Referee Mark Briscoe) – FTR (c) def. Jay Lethal & Jeff Jarrett

TNT Championship Ladder Match – Wardlow (c) def. Christian Cage

AEW Women’s World Championship – Toni Storm def. Jamie Hayter (c)

AEW World Trios Championship Open House Rules Match – Brody King, Buddy Matthews & Malakai Black (c) def. The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn

TBS Championship – Jade Cargill (c) def. Taya Valkyrie

TBS Championship – Kris Statlander def. Jade Cargill (c)

AEW World Championship – MJF (c) def. Darby Allin, Jack Perry, Sammy Guevara

Anarchy in the Arena – Bryan Danielson, Claudio Castagnoli, Jon Moxley & Wheeler Yuta def. Adam Page, Kenny Omega & Young Bucks thanks to interference from Konosuke Takeshita w/Don Callis

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