While speaking to Fightful for a new interview, Deonna Purrazzo talked about the difference between her runs in TNA and AEW.
In January 2024, Purrazzo signed with AEW after a successful run in TNA. She said,
“I think I was able to come into IMPACT and it was still the pandemic, so there wasn’t’ fans. It very much lent towards forgiveness in terms of if I didn’t like something that happened in the ring or I didn’t like the way I sounded, it was very easy to ask to stop and ask to redo it. Although I didn’t do it often, that possibility was there. We did a lot more in IMPACT—now TNA—with social media and things like that, that I was able to have a little bit of grace while I was growing into the role that they were giving me. Now, fast forward, I’m thrust into this environment. I’m adjusting to all of the things that come with it and then there is so many more eyes on me on a weekly basis. The thing with IMPACT was a lot of people didn’t know where to watch it. A lot of people didn’t know how to watch it. Here we are on a national cable network every single week, no matter what show I’m on. There’s so many more eyes on me. Which means there’s so much more chatter about me, whether it’s positive or negative. So I just feel a ton more pressure to constantly go out there and put my best foot forward to warrant the position that I’ve been given because I understand I’m very lucky for that.”
