NWA women’s champion, Thunder Rosa has stated her desire to face NXT women’s champion Io Sharai.
Speaking on The Chris Van Vliet Show Rosa would discuss a potential match with Sharai and her recent match with AEW women’s champion Hikaru Shida:
Thunder Rosa on her match at All Out with Hikaru Shida:
“It was so challenging because I had to come to AEW representing NWA but I also have to be respectful of where I’m working. It was mentally such a big stage and there’s so much at stake. There is no room for error. I feel like I’m quoting the Eminem song – “Lose Yourself” – that’s exactly how I felt. You can’t think too much, you have to just go in there and kill it. It was a really good experience because Shida was ready – she was ready to show something she’s never shown before in AEW. She knew we would be able to perform and she trusted me 100 percent and I trust myself 100 percent……it was really good. She was ready, and I really had certain things I wanted to convey to the fans and I wanted them to see that you can do a lot with storytelling but not with a lot of spots. You felt like there was a lot going on, but there was not like let me jump from the top rope and give a flip and boom. No, it was like – I do a lot of strikes and I wanted to make sure I showed that in there – that I’m quick, I’m fast. And I was able to do that and she was willing and open to do that. She wanted to have that match. And then when Matt Hardy got hurt and I saw him coming into the locker room I was like ‘Oh my God’ and we have to follow something that could’ve been really tragic and you still have to put on a show…….it was such a magical moment, you have no clue. It was like the culmination, the drama, the tears, the second-guessing yourself, the what-ifs – but once I looked at the camera, it was gone. When I walked out of my room, I felt like I was going into a fight.”
On wanting to have a match with Io Shirai:
“I never got the opportunity to do that in Japan. She was my trainer in Japan. Oh man, she’s hands-down one of the best women’s wrestlers in the world currently. She can work any style, and she’s so good at selling, telling a story – even if she doesn’t speak English, people are drawn to her. I was mesmerized when I used to watch her.”
Thunder Rosa’s match with Hikaru Shida at AEW All Out was arguably the best women’s match in the brief history of the promotion. The NWA women’s champion has certainly built up a big following, a potential match with Sharai would be fantastic, although right now she would almost certainly have to sign for WWE for that to happen.
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