Saraya second-guesses her return to wrestling after receiving a negative response to her first AEW promo online.
On One-on-One with Andro Mammo, Saraya recalled: “I couldn’t believe I was ever gonna wrestle again. So it was a miracle, but this is where it goes to the online fans again, because the first initial — I came out, and I was like, yes! This is amazing. And then the week after, I did a promo, which wasn’t very good, and I know it wasn’t. I just got in my head.”
Moreover, she admitted: “I got a lot of nerves and stuff like that, and a lot of anxiety. Earlier in the interview, I’m like tripping over my words a little bit, and so, yeah, I had a lot of anxiety, and I didn’t do a good job, and then they completely tore me apart online. It made me think I made a mistake coming back, and I was like, what have I done?”
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When asked how she overcame the backlash, Saraya explained: “Time. Deleting social media, just getting reps in and stuff like that,” Saraya said. “Again, deleting social media because I did not want to listen to what they were saying, because they can be cruel. The AEW fans, especially anyone that comes over to there, like, holy crap, they’re unforgiving. It’s crazy. So I was having a rough time just dealing with that.”
Nevertheless, Saraya said that after a period of focus and without social media distractions, she began to enjoy wrestling again and no longer worried about the online reaction.
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