Saraya spent a few years in AEW, but now that it’s over, she has revealed her one regret of her time with the promotion.
Former AEW and WWE Superstar Saraya was a recent guest on INSIGHT with Chris Van Vliet. When asked if Mercedes Mone felt responsible for her injury in WWE, Saraya thinks that she does and admits her only regret in her AEW run was that she wished she had tried harder on the wrestling side of things.
“I feel like she does, and she went through a really bad depression too,” Saraya said. “Because the fans, they can get really hardcore. I have always said, It’s not her fault. It’s wrestling. We’re not going out there and dancing. It’s a physical sport. So accidents happen all the time. It’s like doing a live stunt and expecting not to trip and fall sometimes.
“So I never blamed her for it. I was always very outspoken about how it was never her fault, but she got attacked a lot. It doesn’t feel good to be the one responsible for an accident like that. So she went through a rough time, depression and stuff like that. A really, really rough time. So she was one of the first people I called because I was like, you don’t have to feel bad anymore, I’m back. She was over the moon for me.
Working off the ring rust
“Then at that point, I was like, Okay, so I’m gonna f*cking wrestle now. This is crazy, this is wild. I wish I trained more, because Tony was like, All right, you’re gonna be wrestling in like, two weeks. And I’m like, I’ve had five years out. How do I get back in the ring again? I didn’t have much time to train or anything. So I was traveling for AEW, and then I was working when I was at home, and I was like, When can I physically go in a ring? My brother Zak flew over, and he took me to a ring a couple of times, and we just tried to get some of the ring rust off, but it was really hard.
“The only thing I regret about my AEW run is that I wish I tried harder when it comes to the wrestling side of things. I think I went too easy on myself, because I was a little bit worried that something would happen like WWE, where I would f*ck up and my neck would get hurt again. And I was too overly cautious.”
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