Toni Storm is an official star.
The “Timeless” gimmick has been a massive hit for the AEW Women’s World Champion, but who would’ve thought that the woman who’s infamous for getting hit with a pie in her face would turn out to be a true game changer for women’s wrestling?
Storm’s time in her former employer was less than stellar. While she certainly had her moments in WWE, her main roster run was dreadful and Storm has stated in the past how unhappy she was before requesting her release.
During an interview with the Marking Out podcast, Storm elaborated on some of the issues that held her back from reaching her potential in AEW and noted the lack of not being told what to do enough (Trascript courtesy of Fightful).
“Well here’s the thing, this is where I get stuck on it. If the WWE- I don’t think I was told what to do enough. I wasn’t told to do anything actually. I wasn’t told like, I mean, obviously you were told what to do under certain circumstance. But overall like, I don’t feel like I was told what to do enough. I was very lost. I mean like I knew there was direction in things like ‘this is how you do it, this is what you do on television, cameras.’ As in regards to a character?
No, I was never like, I mean they write promos but like I was- I just did it. Wasn’t really told “do this, today you’re a cat and your names Tori bloody Smith. No one told me anything and I kept my name the whole time and it was like I had complete creative freedom to be honest, some where others didn’t and others were given things. It’s so much so a very difficult thing to grasp.”
Toni would’ve loved to have taken a risk on an offbeat idea, if one was presented her at the time. She definitely would’ve gone with it as it would've given her something compelling to do.
“I wish they would, I would have done anything to be honest. That’s the weird thing about this if they had just given me some mad off the wall thing, I would have 100% gone with it. This is like therapy!”
Check out the full interview where Toni talks about her unfiltered promos in AEW, the realities of professional wrestling, her All Out opponents, and so much more!