Former WWE Star To Branch Into Stand-Up Comedy

IMPACT Wrestling

An IMPACT Wrestling star is planning a move into the world of comedy and is getting help from someone at WWE NXT.

Formerly a member of the NXT roster herself as Persia Pirotta, Steph De Lander has clearly kept in touch with some members of NXT.

During a Virtual Meet & Greet for The Asylum Wrestling Store, De Lander revealed her future plans, saying:

“So I have ideas (for a stand-up comedy set) and also, so, one of the guys who works for NXT, he did stand-up for years and years and years.

“He’s a writer actually so I’m like, ‘Let’s sit down, hopefully next week when we have time and structure a five-minute set…’

“It’s all in the works. I need to, yeah, f**king figure out what’s a sweet five-minute, because I don’t give a s**t about anything.

“As soon as I have that, I’m just gonna go and start doing open mics. I don’t care. If I get booed off the stage, I don’t give a s**t. If it’s crickets, you know what I mean?

“I’ve done that in wrestling… I don’t care, yeah, so I’m excited.”

De Lander was signed by WWE in March 2021 and would remain in the company until her release in April 2022.

She made her IMPACT Wrestling debut in February 2023 and has also appeared on AEW Dark.

Impact Wrestling Under Siege takes place on May 26 2023 and will see Trinity (formerly WWE’s Naomi) in her second match for the company.

The current card looks like this:

IMPACT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP NO DQ MATCH
Steve Maclin (c) vs. PCO

IMPACT KNOCKOUTS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP LAST CHANCE MATCH
“If Grace loses, she can not challenge for the title as long as Purrazzo is champion”
Deonna Purrazzo (c) vs. Jordynne Grace

IMPACT X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP
Trey Miguel (c) vs. Chris Sabin

IMPACT WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
A B C (Chris Bey & Ace Austin) (c) vs. SUBCULTURE (Mark Andrews & Morgan Webster)

#1 CONTENDER (IMPACT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP) 6-WAY MATCH
Eddie Edwards vs. Moose vs. Alex Shelley vs. Frankie Kazarian vs. Jonathan Gresham vs. Yuya Uemura

OPEN CONTRACT
Trinity vs. Gisele Shaw

Nick Aldis vs. Kenny King

The Design (Deaner, Kon & Angels) vs. Sami Callihan, Rich Swann & ???

Transcript from Post Wrestling.

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