When Leva Bates first got word that she was going to be signed by AEW as The Librarian, she couldn't keep her excitement.
During an interview with ComicBook.com, Bates spoke about why she decided to submit an application to become AEW’s Librarian. Bates said she thought it would be fun to make a video about it and thought AEW was a perfect fit for her.
"I was just kind of doing it for the fun of it. So yeah that was really just one of those, 'Oh my god it really worked [situations]!' I mean obviously I did have intentions on wanting to be with AEW. Out of all of the companies that was my number one spot I really wanted to be at. It fits me and my personality and I feel like this company is where I belong so I took a chance. But yeah, no, there was no talk of me being within the company at all. It was one of those like, 'Okay, I'll just try it.' And then I literally thought it was going to be like, 'Oh, cool yeah a little bit of PR. I'm moving forward,' and then when it actually panned through I was beyond shocked and over-ecstatic. It was definitely a moment where I didn't expect when I got that call,” Bates said.
But when the announcement as to who won the contest, it was revealed that both Bates and Peter Avalon would end up becoming the Librarians. Bates spoke on the initial hesitation from fans regarding the character but believes the duo of Bates and Avalon will be better received once people start giving it a chance.
"It actually went through a roller coaster. People were super excited, especially at Double or Nothing [in a backstage segment] they were super happy about it. But then in the flesh they weren't sure what to think of it because if you look at it I'm a super good guy and Peter is not. So it's a very interesting dichotomy and I don't think people gave, at the second, a chance to really let it build and grow. Because I felt like Peter and I are a wonderful, odd couple team. We gel really well with each other but we both have different personality traits. So I don't think people knew how to handle it since everyone, especially at Daytona, everyone knows me as the super gamer girl, super nerd cosplayer so I'm coming out not necessarily in that form,” Bates said.
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