Viva Van On Signing With AEW: ‘It Felt Like All My Hard Work Paid Off'”

(Photo Credit: Viva Van)

AEW star Viva Van appeared on the AEW Unrestricted podcast to talk about a number of topics, including signing with the company.

Van said, โ€œFirst person I told was my boyfriend and then my family, cause I celebrated with my boyfriend and my family. What it means to me, the world, cause Iโ€™ve been training and wrestling for eight years, working for seven and it just felt like all of my hard work paid off.โ€

On when she realized Tony Khan believed in her work:

โ€œA lot of the girls way before AEW, weโ€™ve all worked with each other on the indies, so I think thatโ€™s what helped a lot. Building friendships throughout years, a lot of the girls would tell me, even Aubrey would tell me, โ€˜I donโ€™t know why youโ€™re not here yet.โ€™ I would just say, โ€˜I donโ€™t know.โ€™ I think one of the funniest things is when I had just had a match, it was me and Willow versus Lluvia in a triple threat for the CMLL Womenโ€™s World Title. The very next week, I did comic con as a dinosaur with AEW. I think thatโ€™s when Tony [was like], โ€˜Sheโ€™s willing to put in the work.โ€™โ€

You can check out the complete podcast below.

(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)