Kris Statlander Reflects On Shock AEW Win
Kris Statlander made history.
“Timeless” Toni Storm has been near unstoppable throughout 2025, but her remarkable run came to a shuddering halt at All Out. After vowing to defend the Women’s World Championship against Kris Statlander, Thekla, and Jamie Hayter all in one match, her confidence was proven to be misplaced.
With the action in full flow, Statlander wrapped up Storm in a flash pin to claim a popular win.
With victory, Statlander became the first woman to win both the TBS and World Championships. An achievement made even sweeter given that she’s bounced back from two major knee injuries.
Kris Statlander Proud Of History-Making Night At All Out
Appearing at the post-show press conference, Statlander was asked what the win meant to her, especially as she’s been with the company since late 2019. She noted that earlier “lost opportunities” made the night even more special.
“It’s very surreal because, like you said, I’m homegrown, I’ve been here since 2019. I’ve lost opportunities at this title a good amount of times, that I was like, okay, maybe I slow my roll a little bit. And now five or six years later to be finally sitting here with this (title) is like one of the most insane things ever, and I don’t really have a lot of words to describe it.“
When asked about being the first woman to hold both of AEW’s women’s titles, she reflected on her long journey to the top of the All Elite mountain.
“It’s been sort of a very up and down journey for me, and I feel like there are so many opportunities that maybe I could have had the chance to be the first early on, but I was derailed by my knee injury.
So I kept (being) like maybe I’ll come back and maybe I’ll be the first person to do this. And then I get injured and then time passes by and other people step up and take that position for you.
It’s very much so been a little bit not hurtful, but disheartening having to be like something that was out of my control stopped me from having that historic moment. And now to finally have something to my name to be like I’m the first ever to do this, it just makes all those injuries, all the hard times, all the ups and downs so worth it.
Because I worked so unbelievably hard to be in this position that I’m at today and to finally just have that title means more than I could ever imagine. Wrestling is insane.”
Elsewhere at All Out, “Hangman” Adam Page beat Kyle Fletcher to retain the men’s World Championship after a 40-minute war. There were also wins for the likes of Mercedes Mone, Kazuchika Okada, Mark Briscoe, Brodido, and the returning Eddie Kingston.
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