Harley Cameron comments on what happened with WWE at the start of her wrestling career
While speaking to Ariel Helwani, Harley Cameron commented on what happened with WWE at the start of her wrestling career…
“I will say thank you to them, because thanks to them, I have my green card. Thanks to them, I learned to wrestle. [What does that mean?] They helped me with my wrestling training.
I believe there was some — they went through transitional stages where I think in their office, certain people were perhaps released from the company. They went through some big changes. A lot of people were in, a lot of people were out, that kind of thing. And I guess just fate didn’t lead me in that direction.
And in the interim of not knowing what was going on, I had an opportunity to be at AEW Dark. Then I had another opportunity there. And then I was offered the contract with AEW.
After being in this country for so long and knowing that I wanted to be a professional wrestler, and this door opened for me, I went to AEW. And I’m so glad I did, because I feel like it’s where I was meant to be.
So yeah, no — definitely no dirty, greasy story there or anything. But they definitely helped me with my wrestling journey. It’s just — AEW snatched me up.
[Did you train at the Performance Center?] No, because I didn’t have the ability to. I couldn’t legally be there because I didn’t have a working ability.
[How close were you to actually signing with them?] I mean, it’s hard to say because I was in communication back and forth, but it’s not like I got a contract offer. I’ll say that much.
But initially, that was my first goal. I was definitely going in that direction. I think AEW has allowed me to showcase who I am as a performer. Tony Khan has given me so many amazing opportunities, and I am so lucky that he took a chance on somebody who only had 21 matches.”