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Spencer Love Interviews: Kaci Lennox

by Spencer Love
written by Spencer Love

Kaci Lennox joins Spencer Love for the first time to chat about training with DVon Dudley, AEW Dark, this year’s Royal Rumble, her time with MLW, Billie Kay and more!

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Kaci Lennox – Highlights & Links

Where she’s grown as a pro wrestler

SL: “You mentioned growing as a person, but as far as professional wrestling goes, number one, I just don’t think people realize how long you’ve actually been wrestling for. It’s about 10 years, right? Since that point where you would have first stepped in the ring. You know, obviously the experience of getting in the ring and getting your reps in would just improve you overall. But as a pro wrestler, where do you maybe find you’ve changed the most or grown the most in your time as a pro wrestler itself?”

KL: “So I will definitely say, I feel like I have been in wrestling for 10 years. But like, when I think about that five year hiatus that I took, I’m like, ‘have I really been in wrestling for 10 years?'”

SL: “Is it cumulative, or do you just go by the days?”

KL: “How many injuries did I have to take off, blah blah blah. But, I definitely feel like I’ve grown in the aspect of being more confident in myself. Back then, and even when I started in 2016, I was so unsure, and I wanted to do everything by the book, and everything had to be called out and like, if one thing got messed up in a match, then I would totally freak out and go all deer in headlights. So that is definitely where I feel like I have progressed the most. Just being confident and confident in the ring. Knowing that I know what to do if one thing gets messed up, or if somebody slips, or anything crazy like that. Just knowing that I am capable of working around it. I feel like that’s where.”

Kaci Lennox – Highlights & Links

Her opportunity on AEW Dark (16:23)

SL: “I think Myron Reed’s a perfect example of that in that before I started watching MLW, I had frankly just never heard of him. Then, you start watching every week and, well, he’s a match I look forward to every single time he’s on a card. It’s a nice parallel as well, because AEW Dark, I think, is starting to do a lot of that same thing. Maybe it’s not the same comparison in that nobody’s had TV experience at that point: you had, [and] a lot of other individuals who have wrestled on Dark have to this point. But tell me maybe how that experience came about? Was it through D-Von? Because you see his kids there now, and maybe there’s that natural connection, right? But how did your experience on AEW Dark happened for Kaci Lennox?”

KL: “So I actually was messaged by somebody who works in the company, and essentially, they were just like, ‘hey, do you want to come in and do some work for us?’ Of course, I’m not gonna turn it down.”

SL: “’No, sorry, I’ve got something to do that day.'”

KL: “I know, I’m busy. I actually was! I did have an appointment. Because now what they’re doing is I believe they’re still taping two days a week. If they’re not, they were just doing it for the holidays so people could spend time with family, which is nice. I actually could not make the Wednesday taping, which was the live Dynamite. So I could only make it that Thursday. So I actually was busy!”

SL: “You big-leagued them!”

KL: “I know! But, I was messaged by somebody who worked there and he was like, ‘do you want to come in?’ And, of course, I said, yeah. We had to just fill out all the information and get a COVID test. And then, they COVID test you when you get there. I didn’t know anything that I was doing. QT had the match card, I was facing Ivelisse, and that is what you guys got! We actually were the last match of the night. We went on at like three o’clock in the morning. It was cold! That was the that was one of the weeks that it was like freezing. It was like 30 degrees.”

SL: “Have fun!”

KL: “But it was totally fine. And I’m glad that I got to wrestle with Ivelisse, because she is one of my former trainers. She knows what I’m capable of. She knows that even if I’m like, ‘I can’t do it,’ she literally knows that I can. She believes in me more than I believe in my own self, and a lot of that stuff that I did in the match was actually the first time that I had ever done it in a match. Like I’ve done it at training. Crazy, right? Who does Who does that? Kaci does that! I mean, I’ve done it in training and stuff like that, but I had never actually done some of those moves in matches. So yeah, I’m thankful that I had somebody like Ivelisse to kind of lead the way and have that faith in me. So yeah, hopefully I go back. Fingers crossed! Double fingers crossed!”

SL: “Absolutely! Well, I will do whatever I can in my own small non-ability-to politick-ways to make it happen. But was gonna say it must have made it that much easier for you to have the opportunity to get in there with someone you had wrestled before [to] sort of take that little bit of pressure off, hey? Good good good!”

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Taya Valkyrie: Five Matches We Need to See

by Spencer Love
written by Spencer Love

While ‘hottest free agent in wrestling’ has become an all-too-common title over the past few years, there’s no doubting that the moniker more than applies to Taya Valkyrie.

At least, it did until Sunday.

As first reported by PWInsider, the longest-reigning Knockouts Champion of all-time is WWE bound and is expected to be announced as part of the next class to report to the Performance Centre.

There’s simply no understating how big of a signing Valkyrie would be for WWE, should the rumours turn out to be true. Much like she did with IMPACT, Valkyrie would stand as one of the promotion’s top stars, which should speak volumes considering the sheer wealth of talent currently contracted to WWE. There are few better female wrestlers on the planet than La Wera Loca by this writer’s money, and there’s a laundry list of potential dream matches to begin crossing off on each of WWE’s major brands.

There’s no time like the present to start doing it, right?

Sasha Banks

Let’s just get real, folks: when it comes to women’s wrestling, pretty well every wrestler’s dream list should feature Sasha Banks.

There’s simply no doubting that Banks represents the current woman to beat on WWE’s main roster. Simply put, few wrestlers of any gender could compete with the year that The Boss has had whether inside or outside the squared circle. There’s no doubt she’s the top dog in the women’s division, and if Valkyrie is looking to make a – heh – IMPACT in WWE, there’s no better way to do it than to go after the Smackdown Women’s Champion. Of course, the pair represent two of the best characters in wrestling right now, and their respective abilities on the microphone would make any potential promo battle need-to-watch. Inside the ring, there’s no arguing that they’re two of the top wrestlers in the world on merit alone, but given Valkyrie and Banks’ respective Lucha backgrounds, it could truly be an all-time classic.

Charlotte Flair

To be the man, you’ve gotta beat the man. Ric Flair said that, and it makes it ever-so-appropriate that the quote gives a ton of credence as to why Taya Valkyrie would want to challenge The Queen, Charlotte Flair.

The name Flair is synonymous with greatness in the WWE. Fight it all you want, but there’s simply no denying that the 2nd-generation Superstar is truly one of the faces of the company and, of course, one of its most successful stars.

A similar comparison could be made about Valkyrie’s time in IMPACT. Since signing with the promotion in 2017, there was nary a time that she wasn’t either carrying the Knockouts Championship or involved in a major feud. Even on a roster as stacked as the Knockouts, Valkyrie stood as one of the forefronts of the division.

Pro wrestling doesn’t need to be complicated. When you’ve got two athletes as talented as Valkyrie and Flair and their eerily similar last few years, how could it not be a dream match?

Io Shirai

Similar to how I wrote about Sasha Banks earlier, there’s no denying Io Shirai’s greatness over the past year. The Genius of the Sky is now sitting at over 260+ days of carrying the NXT Women’s Championship following her win at NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day. She’s defended her title against the best of the best that the brand has to offer at, and while there are certainly challengers left on the table – lookin’ at you, Raquel Gonzalez – a debuting Taya Valkyrie immediately targeting the black-and-gold brand’s women’s title could lend her some immediate legitimacy in the eyes of the WWE Universe and those who perhaps didn’t watch her incredible IMPACT run.

Not only would a Shirai/Valkyrie cross all of those boxes, but simply, hot damn would any potential tilt would be a hell of a matchup for any wrestling fan. Can you really ask for a better introduction for Valkyrie than a killer match with one of the best in the biz?

Kay Lee Ray

Speaking of long title reigns…

Really, how can you argue against two of the longest-reigning women’s champions of all time in one match? Of course, we’ve talked at length already about Valkyrie’s record-setting Knockouts title reign, but what about Kay Lee Ray? At the time of writing, the Scot has ruled over the NXT UK Women’s Division with an iron fist, holding her championship for an incredible 530 days. Yes, much like I described Shirai earlier, KLR’s next challenger seems fairly set in stone in the form of Meiko Satomura; however, there’s no reason to let a silly little thing like logic get in the way of a dream matchup for yours truly!

It’s far from a secret anymore, but Kay Lee Ray has been rock-solid in carrying her championship for the better part of two years. However we get there, whether it’s this week, this month, or five years from now, a face-off between KLR and La Wera Loca will tear the proverbial house down.

Candice LeRae

Candice LeRae has followed the path of Bayley, Sami Zayn, and Johnny Gargano before her in taking what may have looked like ill-advised heel turns at their respective times and moulded them into the runs of their careers. Since shifting to the dark side, LeRae has been phenomenal both character-wise and inside of the ring. While it was previously unfathomable that one of the most beloved women’s wrestlers in the world could so effectively change alignments, it’s done wonders for her on the black-and-gold brand. Not that there was ever any doubt about her talent-wise, but over the past year, she’s truly established herself as one of the faces of NXT as many expected she would.

Given that, why wouldn’t she be an immediate target for Taya Valkyrie?

If you’re looking to make a statement in your first few weeks in a promotion, targeting their top rudo is a good way to do it. While NXT is chock-full of great heels, few would match up as well with Valkyrie as the Poison Pixie and could be a solid first feud for the SWA graduate.

What do you think, friends? Who do you want to see Taya Valkyrie square off with in her time in WWE? Let me know in the comments or on Twitter @SpennyLove!

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Spencer Love Interviews: Mike Bennett

by Spencer Love
written by Spencer Love

Ring of Honor star Mike Bennett joins Spencer Love to discuss his return to ROH, the promotion’s response to the pandemic, Matt Taven, maintaining a positive mindset, the ROH bubble, Brodie Lee, and more.

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On proving himself as a pro wrestler:

MB: “To me, that’s the most exciting part right now is I have a chip on my shoulder. I do. And people can take that any way they want, but that’s what motivates me, that’s what fuels me, and that’s what drives me. I’m determined to show people that the last three years isn’t what determines what people remember. That’s not my legacy. It also sucks, too, because some of my favorite matches I’ve ever had were on 205 and nobody saw them. And nobody watched them. Like I had – my match with I had a No DQ match with Tozawa that I absolutely love and I adore. I have – one of my favorite matches ever was against Rockstar Spud, or Drake Maverick, sorry. Some of those matches were my favorite, but it’s like nobody saw them. So now, I’m actually in a company where they’re putting me at the forefront. They’re allowing me to be myself, they’re giving me this opportunity, and I’m determined to show people that I want to be considered one of the best wrestlers. When people say, ‘oh, who’s the best wrestler that you [can] think,’ like if there’s a list, I want to be on that list. Some people can call it [and] say, ‘oh, that’s crazy. You’ll never be there,’ and that’s fine. But like, I didn’t get to where I am now by not believing in crazy things. You know, if I was like, ‘oh,’ you know, when I was 15 and I told my mom I was going to be a pro wrestler, everyone told me that was crazy then, and if I listened to them, I would probably be doing something I didn’t like right now. So yeah, I just, I set huge expectations for myself and I put the pressure on myself to achieve them. I’m happy that Ring of Honor has given me that platform to try to achieve it.”

Public speaking endeavours

MB: “Yeah, I just – you know, it’s funny. I had a talk recently with my wife when we were driving home. We were just kind of talking about my career and stuff, and we started talking [and] she’s like, ‘you genuinely like to help people.’ And I was like, ‘I do.’ Again, it makes me feel good. I enjoy it! It’s the most selfish, unselfish thing I do. Because I genuinely enjoy helping people. That’s why when you asked me ‘how did you feel about Tavan winning?’ Like, I was responsible in helping train Taven and, you know, we would travel to shows, and he would pick my brain and all this stuff. So to see that someone I helped achieve success, that makes me happy. My wife is the same way. We need more of that. We need more of that in life. There’s just, there’s so much animosity, and so much negativity, and for what? We’re all out to do the same thing. We’re all just trying to be good people, provide for our families, and survive. At the end of the day, that’s all we are. To me, I look at it and I’m like, we’re all just imperfect people trying to survive at the end of the day. Once you break it down like that, it’s like, I enjoy it. If you need help, I’ll help you. I enjoy talking to people. I enjoy – to me when someone comes up to me and says like, when you say to me ‘you’ve helped me with your story,’ and this and that, that means more to me than any world title I’ll ever win. I had a guy come up to me in Arizona one time at the Royal Rumble, and he was like this big jacked-up, dude, all tatted up, and I was like, ‘okay, what’s this guy gonna say to me?’ He came up and he was super nice and super soft-spoken. But then, he started – he broke down in front of me and started crying. He was just like ‘I just need to tell you this, because I didn’t think I’d see you here.’ He’s like, ‘but your story helped get me through my divorce. My divorce was my toughest time in my entire life.’ And he’s like ‘and you [and] your story helped me get through it.’ And I just – to this day, that was like two and a half years ago, but it moves me. I get goosebumps thinking about it to know that I can have that kind of effect. Knowing that I have a platform that reaches people. To me not using it in a positive way seems irresponsible.”

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Chelsea Green on Earning the Canadian Destroyer, Training with Lance Storm

by Spencer Love
written by Spencer Love

Chelsea Green has always been vocal about her Canadian roots and the unique situations that she’s found herself in due to being born above the 49th parallel. Of course, as a fellow Canuck, the country and it’s wrestling scene is always a large part of any conversation we have, and that was no different when we last chatted.

One specific Canadian-related piece I had to pick her brain on was the Canadian Destroyer made famous by Petey Williams. No matter your opinion on the move, it’s one of those things in wrestling that’s sure to spark a debate in any wrestling circle. However, in 2018 on an episode of The Wrestling Perspective podcast, Green was, in fact, handed down the Destroyer by Williams himself. With it rightfully being hers by all wrestling metrics, I asked her, how does she feel about the move being performed on such a consistent basis by so many wrestlers?

Green laughed.

“I have debated tweeting that because I remember on the podcast that was like a big moment for me! Like ‘did he just like really give it to me?'” she commented. “I mean it’s kind of unfortunate that this move that was so cool and that I almost won All In with is now just kind of a like thing, just kind of another move. Hopefully, that goes away. Wrestling happens like that. It happens in waves. And so, maybe we’ll ride this Canadian Destroyer wave and then everybody will get off it and it will become unique again. Who knows?”

“But I mean, everyone, just remember that I’m the only person who’s allowed, okay?”

As is often the case in pro wrestling, chatting about one legendary Canadian often leads to chatting about another. Whether we were talking about wrestling moves or the wrestlers themselves, that was the case more than once during our interview.

Another topic that came up with a Canadian flavour to it was Green’s past training in Calgary under Lance Storm. While we briefly touched on it during our first interview, it was something I was eager to dive deeper into her experience with the SWA. As she’s often said, her training at the Storm Wrestling Academy in Calgary wasn’t just her first experience in a wrestling ring, but foundational to her future success in the business.

“Now that you’ve had the opportunity to train with Lance and train in Japan and train with a lot of great individuals in the Performance Center, what do you think differentiates Lance Storm?” I began. “Looking as an outsider, it’s not like it’s a cookie-cutter program for lack of a better way to put it.”

“Whether it’s yourself or a Peyton Royce or an Oney Lorcan or a Rachael Ellering, you guys are all very different professional wrestlers. What do you think makes Lance great at giving the best of everything?”

“Well, here’s the thing,” Green began. “He starts from day one from the basics and he builds from the ground up. He doesn’t try to throw you in and teach you a move before you know how to lock up, or he doesn’t try to teach you how to be a character before you even learn how to wrestle. You start from ground zero, and you build this great foundation and you just keep building on that. I think that’s why everyone that comes out of Lance’s has a great mind for wrestling and is able to build a perfect, basic match.”

“That’s what I love about the Storm Wrestling Academy is that you can learn all the other fancy stuff everywhere else,” Green closed. “You can just try it, you can cross your fingers and hope that you can do a Frankensteiner or, you know, whatever it is, a Canadian Destroyer. Lance teaches you how to entertain and how to build a match that people are going to want to continue to see.”

Please credit Spencer Love/Love Wrestling with any transcriptions used.

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