CJ Perry (Lana from WWE) says she's open both to joining AEW and returning to WWE, if either promotion makes sense for her based on the story the companies want to tell and where she's at in her career.
Speaking with the folks from "In The Kliq" podcast to promote her role on VH1's "The Surreal Life" which debuts Monday, October 24th at 9 pm, Lana noted that "I'm open to everything in life." While she's busy working on other projects, she's not ruled out a return to wrestling and added, "If I put my dreams in a box, I wouldn't be where I am today." She's certainly not ruling it out, and that she's so open to WWE, considering her husband Miro is in AEW, is intriguing.
Perry was highly complimentary of both Triple H and Stephanie McMahon. She said, "Triple H, he's a genius. Stephanie's a genius. I got hired by Triple H. He paired me with Miro and helped really cultivate that, in 2014, that story and that gimmick and those characters. He really helped me develop the Ravishing Russian, so I think he has an incredible creative mind." She added that he knows how to really tell a story and that seems to be true based on the recent numbers WWE is doing and the resurgent interest in their product. She said, "If the story is right if it makes sense, I'm always open to go back to WWE and tell compelling stories, and same with AEW. I'm totally open to that too. I love working with my husband and creating and telling stories."
Perry Doesn't Want To Just Exist In Wrestling
One of the things she doesn't want to do if she goes back to wrestling is just earning a paycheque. She said, "My biggest thing is like, I don't want to do anything mediocre. I don't want to be average." That was certainly were the Lana character fell in WWE. She was on television, but rarely, if ever won and often took a beating, never for her storyline to see its conclusion.
She said, "I don't have to go back until I feel like okay, this is going to be great. I look forward to it because there's nothing like the wrestling fans and having that emotional connection with the crowd and with the fans. I love our fans. There's nothing like it."
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