Posted on 3/28/126 by Phil Johnson
In an exclusive interview with PWMania.com, Mara Sadé spoke
with Scott Mitchell about her transition from WWE NXT to TNA
Wrestling, reinventing herself, her rivalry with Elayna
Black, and the growing partnership between NXT and TNA. You
can read the entire interview by clicking here.
Watch the full interview here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pByH_YVwwLo
Here are some highlights:
On her WWE NXT exit and reinventing herself:
“I feel like a lot of things in NXT I didn’t get to bring to
life, or show the world. Coming to TNA really allowed me to
step into who Mara Sade is, which I definitely got to dabble
in, like showing the people another side of me. I feel like,
along the way, TNA has given me the opportunity to work with
amazing people and legends, like The Hardy Boys, who I feel
like brought this extreme side out of me. I’m living for it
right now. I love what I’m doing right now at TNA. I feel
like there have been multiple things that have just helped
me show people what it is that I’m here to do, which is to
check my goals. But, I’m having a lot of fun just
discovering myself and putting out the work that I always
wanted to put out.”
On her rivalry with Elayna Black:
“Elayna definitely has come and is doing her thing, which
she always has. Elayna has always been that girl. I don’t
want to say it’s cool or anything because I have a
competitor to go against. But just watching and seeing how
she’s maneuvered as well, being that we’ve both been in
similar situations, I really want to give her a pat on the
back. It does take a lot for somebody to start again or
begin somewhere else. It takes a lot of courage and another
mindset of focus and really honing your craft to go back out
there and show the people what you want to show them. I will
clap for her on that, big props. But working with her, she
cool, she cool, and we used to cool, that’s the thing. Then
she started running her mouth. Here we are.”
On the WWE NXT–TNA partnership:
“It’s crazy. Let’s see, maybe five years ago, partnerships
weren’t really spoken of. When they did start unfolding, you
were just like, ‘woah, what is this world?’ It really opened
up a lot of opportunity and I think it’s a beautiful thing
because, again, five years ago, if people were to leave a
company, I feel like it’d be almost, not unheard of, to go
to other companies, but for them to be meshing together. To
be in this world of collaboration, I think it’s awesome. I
feel like wrestling is becoming super mainstream in the
sense that all these collaborations are going down. Even
with the entertainment and Hollywood side, and even with TV
and bringing in all of these AMC stars to sit in the
audience and be a part of our world, I love it. It’s crazy,
and I think it’s going to keep transforming. I love it here.
I love the collaborations. I love that everything is
intertwining. That’s what wrestling is becoming, and I love
that for us, I do.”
Mara Sadé also discussed working with The Hardy Boyz, her
goals in TNA, and her ambition to become Knockouts Champion.
You can check out the complete interview at this link.