In an interview with Renee Paquette on Up Close, AEW Women's World Champion Kris Statlander discussed various topics, including her reasons for turning down the offer to join the Death Riders.
This is what Kris Statlander said, “Like I had said, I have been in a position where other people were trying to be the one to tell me what to do. Where did I end up with it? Failed title matches, some wins, but nothing really of note. I don’t think that they understood exactly who I am as a wrestler. They were trying to turn me into something that I’m not. I don’t need to be led by them to be a form of a killer. I can do that on my own. I’ve proven that on my own. What was the selling point for me really? What was I gonna gain was being another person just like Yuta. He claims to be- look where I’m at, but look at him. He gets thrown around and thrown to the wolves and attacked and practically murdered by many people on behalf of Jon Moxley.”
On the group not being a good fit for her:
“So doesn’t really seem like a fitting place for me. that I’m not willing to put my life on the line to defend things that I care about and love and want to see the world burn sometimes, but I need to do it for myself and not for someone else, and certainly not for someone who gives me advice once or twice and thinks that I owe them everything for that.”
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(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)
