Kris Statlander believes she had to prove herself as worthy of contending for the AEW Women’s World Championship again:“I do see a lot of people defending me online about how I haven't had a world title [opportunity] in a very long time. But in my defense, I failed a lot of title shots very early on. So not really worthy. And I got injured twice. And then I had the TBS title. It's not like I never accomplished anything, but yeah, I failed a lot of title shots very early on in my career with AEW.I understand why I had to prove that I was worthy of being a title contender again. It took a long time. It took a lot of recovery from surgeries. It took a lot of proving myself as a TBS champion and proving myself as a team player, and also not necessarily as a team player, but proving my worth as a general contender and a competitor that I deserve a title shot again.”