Kris Statlander wants her friends back.
2024 was a difficult year for Kris Statlander, as her close-knit bonds with Willow Nightingale and Best Friends came to an end. Even more so, the entire Best Friends faction came crashing down, as Trent Beretta went rogue and joined the Don Callis family. Furthermore, Chuck Taylor's in-ring career came to an end.
While speaking with Renee Paquette during a new episode of Close-Up, Statlander reminisced on her days as a champion, saying that it might have been the last time people saw worth in her.
“Part of me feels like when I had the TBS title the last time, it was the last time maybe people saw so much worth in me before things started slowly going bad for me after I lost the title. I’m very well aware of that now reflecting on it. Part of me feels like maybe if I have a championship again, TBS title, Women’s Championship, anything, that maybe I’m not a loser anymore and maybe Willow or the Best Friends will see the value in me to hopefully help me reconcile with the wrongs that I’ve done and with them also. I do want to make amends but sometimes — what have I done, I’ve just lost a lot since then. Again, probably from their perspective, that’s probably what I deserve. In an ideal world, all three of those things will come true but I feel like the first step might be trying to focus on a title or trying to focus on something to prove that I can be better than what I was.”
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Mercedes Mone recently reflected on her match with Statlander at AEW Worlds End. Check out her full comments by clicking here.
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