Thekla on She Will “Be For The Children” Instead Of Willow Nightingale Once She Wins Back AEW Women’s World Title, Mercedes Mone’s “Five Foot Dumb Blonde” Promo Line, Jeff Jarrett Calling Her ‘Crazy B*tch’ In Complimentary Way At AEW All In 2026, & Tony Schiavone Doing Stand-Up Comedy

AEW recently released a digital exclusive bcakstage video following this past Saturday’s AEW Collision show that featuring Thekla giving her thoughts about her upcoming AEW Women’s World Championship #1 Contender match against Willow Nightingale at All Out 2026

“Last time I said Willow was for the children. But I was wrong. Willow is only out for herself. She’s not only the dumbest bitch alive, she’s also the fakest. Y’all fell for fraud. Don’t be fooled by her smile. When she took my title, she probably went home, lit up a cigarette, threw the title on the ground and laughed and laughed and laughed and laughed. Like that business with the broken hand, just like her shoulder injury. It’s all just a way to get sympathy, and it’s all just gonna be an excuse when I beat her at All Out. Willow, don’t be worrying about the CEO. I’m gonna be the one to finish your fairy tale, and then I’ll win my title back, and I’ll be the one to smile, and I’ll be the one who’s been shooting confetti on her titties, and then Thekla will be for the children. You know, Willow, you might be out for yourself, and baby, I’m out for myself too. But the only difference between you and me is that Thekla is for real.”

In a separate recent interview with TMZ’s Inside The Ring podcast, Thekla gave her thoughts about her and Mercedes Mone’s promo segment on the September 9th episode of AEW Dynamite involving Mone saying “If you think a little five-foot dumb blonde b*tch who didn’t grow up loving wrestling is gonna scare me, then you must not know who the hell I am.”

“First of all, I don’t think she was actually talking at me. I think everybody knows that, so, if you see me, I’m not even taking that personally so, you can think whatever you want.”

Thekla also gave her thoughts about her surprise return appearance and spider crawl on the Buy-In panel table at this past August’s AEW All In 2026 Buy-In pre-show. Thekla also gave her thoughts about Jeff Jarett calling her a “crazy b*tch” in a complimentary way after her appearance.

“Yeah, of course, everything’s a spur-of-the-moment thing, dumb b*tch. My favorite thing about that was Jeff Jarrett coming up to me after that and being like, ‘You’re a crazy b*tch!’ I was like, ‘Oh! That’s the nicest thing anyone has said to me today.’”

Thekla also gave her thoughts about her favorite commentator in AEW and revealed that Tony Schiavone does stand-up comedy.

“My favorite commentator? They’re all cute. I like Tony because he’s vile. I saw his stand-up comedy a couple of months ago and I was utterly surprised at all the crazy sh*t he was spitting … Yes, yes, and it’s wild. It’s insane… It’s nasty-dirty. Just how we like it, baby!”

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