In a recent appearance on The Digital Social Hour, AEW star Deonna Purrazzo spoke candidly about how much creative input wrestlers have over their storylines — and how it often depends on their status within the company.
“Yeah, it kind of depends on where you are,” Purrazzo said. “Like for me, I don’t get too much input in that, but there are women above me at AEW that do get more input. So it kind of just depends where you come from, what your status is, and things like that.”
Purrazzo specifically pointed to AEW TBS Champion Mercedes Moné (formerly Sasha Banks in WWE) as an example of someone who has earned creative influence.
“Right now, Mercedes Moné… kind of gets that open forum to be like, ‘I’d like to work with this person,’ and, ‘These are my ideas,’ and then the writers kind of — not necessarily conform — but they do listen to what she has to say.”
While Purrazzo admits she doesn’t yet have that level of pull, she sees progress being made for women in the industry.
“I definitely think that women are growing in that position in our industry. It just takes role models to be like, ‘I’m going to break that mold. I’m going to push that boundary. I’m going to get myself in that position to then let other people follow in their footsteps.’”
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