Toni Storm is one of the toughest women’s wrestlers out there.
Toni Storm has had a great start to her AEW career. She has been treated like a star and is currently in the semi-finals of the Owen Hart Tournament, where she will face Britt Baker to decide who goes to Double Or Nothing for the finals. However, Toni has spoken about her mental health struggles in the past.
While speaking on the AEW Unrestricted podcast, Toni Storm talked about her issues with mental health in an industry that puts so much pressure on wrestlers.
“I just do not know, it just kind of feels good does it not? I believe it is good to open up about stuff and not keep it so like, you know, like up tight and you’ll go crazy and then you’ll go on an early flight and you know you want to go out there and turn to people you can trust, and all I’ve found about doing that is it encourages people to do the same and it seems to help people. So yeah, it feels good.”
“I was not in a good state of mind, I was not taking good care of myself. I was really down, I wasn’t talking to people, I wasn’t asking for help. I don’t know, something happened last year I guess where I snapped out of it and I went ‘right, I’m going to take care of myself, me and me first’, because I’m not good to anyone unless I do that. So I’ve undergone this transformation of just keep a clear head and just ‘get your s*** together Toni!’”
Toni Storm on AEW Unrestricted
Time will tell how competing in AEW will effect Toni’s mental health going forward, but she seems to be in a much better headspace since signing with the company. Do you think Storm will win the Owen Hart cup? Let us know in the comment section and on our social media pages.
H/T to Ringside News for transcription
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