How AEW’s Toni Storm Ended Up A Real Hollywood Star

Tony Khan has explained his role in Toni Storm’s Hollywood debut.

Queen of the Ring was released on March 7th and charts the life and career of the legendary Mildred Burke. The movie stars Emily Bett Richards as Burke and also features Storm, Kamille, Naomi, Jim Cornette, and Britt Baker. AEW Announcer Jim Ross also worked on the film as an Executive Producer.

As well as featuring AEW stars, the LA premiere for the movie got the pro wrestling treatment when Mariah May jumped Toni Storm on the red carpet.

Speaking on the Battleground podcast, Tony Khan explained how Storm’s role as Clara Mortenson came to be.

“I talked to Ash at the beginning when he was working on this movie. He asked me about casting Toni Storm. Toni Storm is the greatest actress in Hollywood, so I was very supportive of it.

WWe have other people in AEW involved in the project, but Toni Storm is the AEW Women’s World Champion, first and foremost. She’s the person I think of when I think of Hollywood and when I think of pro wrestling and they fit like a glove.

“I talked to Ash for about an hour on the phone when he was first working on the movie before he cast Toni in the movie. He reached out to me about it and I worked around the schedule. Toni needed to take a little time off for filming. This was a long time ago and it all worked out just absolutely fantastic.”

Nyla Rose Promises Feud With Toni Storm Would Be “Golden Cinema”

Nyla Rose has claimed a rivalry between her and Toni Storm would be “a laugh riot.” While the two have met in the ring before, Rose is yet to face the ‘Timeless’ version of Storm, and she thinks they could create “golden cinema” given the opportunity.

H/T to PW Mania for the above transcription.