Kris Statlander has revealed the original plans for her WWE debut.
The former AEW Women's Champion recently spoke to Chris Van Vliet for an interview. She talked about things such as defeating Jade Cargill for the TBS title, her extreme match with Willow Nightingale at All Out and more.
During the interview, the AEW star also opened up about her 2019 SmackDown match. Kris Statlander revealed that originally, their tag team was supposed to be called the Brooklyn Pizza Connection:
Well, originally the team name was supposed to be the Brooklyn Pizza Connection, and we were supposed to be named Saucy and Cheesy.
The April 9, 2019 episode of SmackDown saw The IIconics defending their tag titles against an enhancement team called The Brooklyn Belles. Peyton Royce ended up picking the victory for her team in the match by pinning Karissa Rivera.
Kris Statlander, who was billed as Kristen for this bout, was asked if she was going to be named Saucy or Cheesy. The former champion explained that the plans never went that far but she would have loved to debut under either moniker
I don’t know, we never got that far, but those were the options. Then it was the Brooklyn Belles, and then just used our first names. But I was like, that would have been iconic to have been either saucy or cheesy, and my only match there was a tag title match.
So what a way to go, to go in and go out right away. Yeah. But then now I have tag titles at AEW to go for, and maybe I’ll be Saucy or Cheesy or Garlic or Oregano, something like that.
The Galaxy’s Greatest Alien would make her AEW debut a few months later in November, this time teaming up with Big Swole. The company officially signed her to a contract a month later and Statlander has been a part of the promotion ever since.
