One of the two women under her wing in those earlier days was the now four-time and reigning AEW Women's World Champion, long before she transformed into arguably the best character in professional wrestling, 'Timeless' Toni Storm.
“I just remember when we we're in a group, me and Ruby [Soho] were helping [Toni] with promos. She would just have one line and be terrified to do this line. She'd be going over it and over it and over it, while me and Ruby had all these lines.”
“She's one of the best promos and characters, I think, of all time. And she's one of my favorites all together right now. She is making wrestling fun and exciting and I love that. And it's just funny seeing her from two years ago… when she was scared to pick up a microphone"
While giving all the credit in the world to the character that AEW host and producer RJ City helped bring to life, Saraya said there was no one in the business who could have pulled off the 'Timeless' persona better than Toni Storm.
She boasted her former stablemate's impeccable ability of being able to take the great material that's given to her and make it even better.
“Once you have a character and something that you're enjoying in wrestling, you wanna put a hundred percent of your mind, body, and soul into it. And she's doing it. And she's so humble about it and I love that for her. She's just like, ‘I hope I'm doing a good job.’ I'm like, ‘Babe, you are smashing it! You are the best thing in wrestling right now.’”
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