Maria Kanellis Reveals She Talked To Tony Khan, Triple H & WOW About Her Future

Maria Kanellis Reveals She Talked To Tony Khan, Triple H & WOW About Her Future WWE

Maria Kanellis has revealed that she has talked to Tony Khan, Triple H and WOW about her future.

Since the old regime of ROH went on hiatus in December 2021, Maria Kanellis found herself with a world of possibilities ahead of her.

Kanellis was heavily involved in the Ring of Honor women’s division and helped crown a women’s champion for the promotion. Maria then ended up signing with IMPACT Wrestling in January 2022.

Speaking with the Grapsody Podcast, the IMPACT Wrestling star discussed her future in wrestling.

She said:

“I’m on a per-appearance deal with them [IMPACT Wrestling] until October 8. It’s so hard to make decisions moving forward because I love what we’re doing in IMPACT and I know the possibilities of where we might go with it and where I might go with it as an individual. Scott D’Amore is a fantastic boss, if I’m not in the Maria Honor No More voice [laughs]. I absolutely love what we’re doing there. When [The Kingdom] won the tag titles, that meant something, especially after losing what, to me, was going to be the next ten years of my life, if not longer, Ring of Honor. I was looking at Ring of Honor like, ‘Okay, this is going to be the next ten to fifteen years of my life. I’m going to run this women’s division. I’m going to transition completely to the other side. I’m going to help with production. I want to move forward with taking over more responsibilities.’ Then it ended, and Scott gave us an opportunity. It’s really hard looking ‘where do I go next?’ I talked to Tony Khan, I talked to Triple H, I talk to Scott all the time. Recently, I talked to WOW [Women of Wrestling]. It’s a very interesting time for me. For me, it’s about creating opportunities for all of the women I’m working with now. Where does that make sense?”

Matt Taven and Mike Bennett of The OGK recently defeated The Good Brothers (“Machine Gun’ Karl Anderson and “The Big LG” Doc Gallows) to win the IMPACT World Tag Team Championships on the September 1 edition of IMPACT on AXS TV.

Maria continued on to discuss how her heart will influence her next decision, saying:

“Not only that but then there is the heart of me that says when Mike, my husband, went to WWE and it was his ultimate dream to be in WWE. That’s all he talked about. He was a WWE person from the moment I met him. We got to WWE, and it was not the way he wanted it to go. I think, for him, there is still a part of him that thinks there is unfinished business. For me, I don’t know if you guys could see it, but when [The Kingdom] won the tag team titles (in IMPACT), there were tears. They are my boys. Taven married us. I was literally standing with the both of them at my wedding going, ‘you are my husband’s best friend and my friend, and this is my husband, we are family.’ The idea of the two of them walking out at WrestleMania and me managing them. Of course, that thought is in my mind. Then I look at AEW where they have some of the greatest tag teams in the world. Competition-wise, there is that at AEW. The fact that the boys have never gotten in there with FTR. I look at all of these things and go ‘shit.’ Then, where is Ring of Honor going to go? I think it’s an amazing time in wrestling right now.”

Maria Kanellis now runs the Women’s Wrestling Army, an all-women’s promotion currently airing on Pro Wrestling TV,

With Kanellis indicating that her deal is up in October, there are several IMPACT Wrestling stars who’s deals are set to expire soon.

Transcription via Fightful

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