AEW Star Encourages Fans To Continue To Speak Up About Lack Of Time For Women

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The AEW women’s division has been looked at as a weak point in Tony Khan’s booking of the show for several years now.

Fans have continued to advocate for more time for the women on the shows, and those calls have also come from the top of the division itself.

Speaking to Ring the Belle, AEW TBS Champion Kris Statlander discussed the division, noting that she also hopes the women will get more time on the show.

She said:

“I think there’s always going to be a desire for more. I think everyone is always left wanting more and wondering what could happen if we were given more. I hate to think that the women are just like a niche or a special attraction type thing because my whole career, before AEW was even a thing, all I ever said was that I wanted to be a great wrestler. Not a ‘great women’s wrestler,’ I wanted to be a great wrestler.

“I do wish that we could get more time because I do feel if we’re given time, with the right people, we’re gonna put on a show that no one’s ever gonna forget. That’s just life, though.

“We’re just always gonna keep fighting an uphill battle no matter what we do, not just in wrestling, but in all of life because that’s just what happens when you’re a woman sometimes. I like to think that there are people that have our backs. I know that there are people that have our backs, and the more people show that they want to see us, the more that we’re going to get to do. [Speaking up is] the best that you can do. Just speak up and prove that you want to see us because we want to be there for you and we want to do anything that we can to put on a show for you guys.”

transcription via Fightful

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• Kris Statlander
• womens division
• tony khan
• AEW

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