In an exclusive interview with PWMania.com, Mara Sadé spoke with Scott Mitchell about her transition from WWE NXT to TNA Wrestling, reinventing herself, her rivalry with Elayna Black, and the growing partnership between NXT and TNA. You can read the entire interview by clicking here.
Watch the full interview here:
Here are some highlights:
On her WWE NXT exit and reinventing herself:
“I feel like a lot of things in NXT I didn’t get to bring to life, or show the world. Coming to TNA really allowed me to step into who Mara Sade is, which I definitely got to dabble in, like showing the people another side of me. I feel like, along the way, TNA has given me the opportunity to work with amazing people and legends, like The Hardy Boys, who I feel like brought this extreme side out of me. I’m living for it right now. I love what I’m doing right now at TNA. I feel like there have been multiple things that have just helped me show people what it is that I’m here to do, which is to check my goals. But, I’m having a lot of fun just discovering myself and putting out the work that I always wanted to put out.”
On her rivalry with Elayna Black:
“Elayna definitely has come and is doing her thing, which she always has. Elayna has always been that girl. I don’t want to say it’s cool or anything because I have a competitor to go against. But just watching and seeing how she’s maneuvered as well, being that we’ve both been in similar situations, I really want to give her a pat on the back. It does take a lot for somebody to start again or begin somewhere else. It takes a lot of courage and another mindset of focus and really honing your craft to go back out there and show the people what you want to show them. I will clap for her on that, big props. But working with her, she cool, she cool, and we used to cool, that’s the thing. Then she started running her mouth. Here we are.”
On the WWE NXT–TNA partnership:
“It’s crazy. Let’s see, maybe five years ago, partnerships weren’t really spoken of. When they did start unfolding, you were just like, ‘woah, what is this world?’ It really opened up a lot of opportunity and I think it’s a beautiful thing because, again, five years ago, if people were to leave a company, I feel like it’d be almost, not unheard of, to go to other companies, but for them to be meshing together. To be in this world of collaboration, I think it’s awesome. I feel like wrestling is becoming super mainstream in the sense that all these collaborations are going down. Even with the entertainment and Hollywood side, and even with TV and bringing in all of these AMC stars to sit in the audience and be a part of our world, I love it. It’s crazy, and I think it’s going to keep transforming. I love it here. I love the collaborations. I love that everything is intertwining. That’s what wrestling is becoming, and I love that for us, I do.”
Mara Sadé also discussed working with The Hardy Boyz, her goals in TNA, and her ambition to become Knockouts Champion. You can check out the complete interview at this link.
https://www.pwmania.com/mara-sade-opens-up-on-reinventing-herself-in-tna-after-wwe-nxt
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