Before teaming with Harley last year and becoming the inaugural AEW women’s tag champs last year, I felt really lost and without much faith in myself
I felt very lucky to already have done all I did up to that point and that it was more than a lot of people can say, so I kind of accepted that maybe that was enough. Did I have it in me to strive for me?
But then I had the opportunity to work alongside my friend and crush our goals together. I had to show up to work everyday not just for myself, but to do right by her. Then little by little I started believing in me again. On days I felt like I didn’t have it in me, I still had to bring it because that’s what a champion does. Even after taking time off to rest for injury and then having to actively fight and push through another, I brought it.
This year is marked by many in ring wins, but I think the biggest one was been continuing to show up for myself when I really didn’t think I could
Say what you will about these lists, but for the last few years they’ve been a wonderful moment to stop and reflect on the year I’ve had. Thank you @OfficialPWI for the trip down memory lane and reminding me as well as everyone else exactly who the FUCK Willow Nightingale is. ALWAYS a Champion at heart and TOP OF THE WRESTLES BAYBEEEEEEEE 🎉🎉🎉
Marina Shafir on getting to be a part of the first AEW women's blood and guts match.
"I was truly enjoying the pool of glass and blood and chaos that I was in. I got to be in the middle of and it was art for me."
(The Sportster)
https://t.co/weZPl8JKZp
"My intrinsic goal was to always be a really good problem to have."
@MarinaShafir sits down with @ReneePaquette on #AEWCloseUp before she faces AEW Women's World Champion Mercedes Moné at #AEWFullGear!
Watch Marina Shafir on #CloseUp NOW on AEW's YouTube!
"Let's go with conversations that never happened for $500 Alex"
This is hilarious. Last we saw each other was backstage at natural Born Killers and none of that was said.
What you did say here that was correct is that I had nothing to do with your initial show, which is why it looked second rate at best compared to what I've created.
You call creation using the font and name from a movie, using the theme song from a movie, it's practically like you just ripped off most everything from the movie Bloodsport and then tried to run with it. When I came on board I immediately told Brett that not only did this thing need so much help, but that there's no way we're going to sit here and use all this IP from some company that we don't own because that's absolutely stupid.
What you put together in 2018 was a loose, amateurish execution of an idea. The logo, themes, music, those "rules" that you speak of were merely the bare minimum and much of it was stolen from a property that already existed.
What I've created is a complete and total event and concept. When gcw reached out to me, I said that the entire thing that you had created was unsuitable and needed to be completely overhauled - which I did. Go ask any of the wrestlers that competed on your show that have also competed in mine, and you will get the same answer.
There is only one Josh Barnett's: Bloodsport because there is only one Josh Barnett - the person behind its heart and soul.
PS. It's "Bloodsport" not "Blood Sport", even in the logo you were ripping off it's one word.
When he talked abt being blindsided last week and ppl were genuinely siding with him only for this to reveal that he is the same person he has shown to be since season one. I'm happy she's free idgaf if she's annoying
Marina Shafir on dealing with the body image of today's women wrestlers.
"Hell yeah, I love titties. Do the thing, but that's not for me and if girls don't feel comfortable doing that, they shouldn't have to fucking do that."
(The Sportster)
https://t.co/weZPl8KiOX
Marina Shafir on dealing with the body image of today's women wrestlers.
"Hell yeah, I love titties. Do the thing, but that's not for me and if girls don't feel comfortable doing that, they shouldn't have to fucking do that."
(The Sportster)
https://t.co/weZPl8KiOX
"To know that he [Roderick Strong] had my back from the beginning literally up to the end. I didn't know I had someone truly watching my back like that, cause I've felt like I always had my own back." - Marina Shafir
(#AEWCloseUp w/Renee Paquette)
WWE's Seth Rollins pays tribute to PAC (Benjamin Satterley) describing him as "just an awesome human being":
"It’s hard to really put into a concise statement what sort of person he was. I think that’s the place that I always start. He was just an awesome dude.
"He was so funny and so unique, but he was also super loyal and he was down to earth. He was kind of just one of those people that – and I don’t know if he knew this or not – a lot of us who were his friends – at least speaking for myself – we looked up to Ben. We admired him, I think because he was so incredible at what he did in the ring but he was also so humble about that part of his life and the way he treated people with kindness and love, there was a warmth about him. He was just an awesome dude.
"I’ve known him for – I met him, I want to say it was 2007. We were in Europe, it was my first time in Europe and I was on this tour, maybe Germany or Austria, or somewhere in that neighbourhood – I saw him wrestle for the first time and I was blown away. This was 2007 so I would have been 21, and I remember thinking I’m an athletic guy right? And then I saw Ben and I was like ‘Oh, okay I got to figure something else out because I’m never going to be able to move the way he moves.’
"He was such a unique person but he was also just a great human, like top to bottom fantastic. And I hope his legacy in the wrestling world would be one thing, but his legacy amongst the people that loved him and knew him was just that he was an awesome, awesome human being.
"And my heart goes out to his family, his parents and his wife who are everything to him. A lot of people who make it big in the States like he did they move and they stay here permanently, but his home was Newcastle. That’s just where his heart was. And I think him moving back there and wanting to be there kind of said everything in one little piece about who he was and what was important to him in life."
(TJ Jefferson)
Tony Khan said he is personally very proud of Marina Shafir and how far she’s come. She improved and worked hard in and out of the ring to become a great wrestler.
Like Jon Moxley, Marina is almost always at AEW’s events. He knows Moxley is as proud as anyone of what Marina has accomplished.
(AEW Full Gear media call)
1 year ago today, the first ever Women’s AEW Blood & Guts!
Skye Blue’s bloodbath, Marina/Toni GIANT MIRROR spot and the ending with heels torturing Mina Shirakawa. They totally stole the show.
1 year ago today, the first ever Women’s AEW Blood & Guts!
Skye Blue’s bloodbath, Marina/Toni GIANT MIRROR spot and the ending with heels torturing Mina Shirakawa. They totally stole the show.
1 year ago today, Kyle O’Reilly tapped out Jon Moxley to win the 5th ever Men’s Blood & Guts for his team!
Heel Mox fighting for his life because there was no DeathRider to help him made this so satisfying.