Kris Statlander
Best Friends (2019–2022)
Statlander returned from injury alongside Trent Beretta on March 31, 2021, helping Chuck Taylor) and Orange Cassidy defeat Miro) and Kip Sabian on Dynamite. In September at All Out), she challenged Baker for the AEW Women's World Championship but was unsuccessful. In November, Statlander–along with Trent, Taylor, Cassidy, and Wheeler Yuta–joined the New Japan Pro-Wrestling-based stable Chaos). In August 2022, Statlander suffered a completely torn ACL and lateral meniscus in her right leg during a match on Dark and stated she would need take time out to recover.
TBS Champion; feud with Willow Nightingale (2023–2024)
Statlander returned at Double or Nothing) in May 2023, appearing after a match between then-AEW TBS Champion Jade Cargill and Taya Valkyrie in which Cargill retained her title. She answered Cargill's open challenge to an impromptu match and won, ending Cargill's 60-match undefeated streak and obtaining the AEW TBS Championship. Over the coming months, Statlander would defend the championship against the likes of Nyla Rose, Anna Jay, Taya Valkyrie among others. At All Out) she successfully defended the championship against Ruby Soho), and against a returning Jade Cargill on the September 13 episode of Rampage. Statlander soon began a feud with Julia Hart), which also involved Skye Blue and Willow Nightingale, which led to a match at WrestleDream) against Hart, in which Statlander successfully defended the AEW TBS Championship. Statlander would go on to successfully defend the championship against Blue on the October 14 episode of Collision and against Nightingale at Battle of the Belts VIII. At Full Gear) Statlander lost the AEW TBS Championship to Hart, in a match also involving Skye Blue, which ended when Hart pinned Blue, ending her reign at 174 days. After the loss, Stokely Hathaway would seek a partnership with Statlander and Nightingale, although at first he was turned away, his offer was later accepted. On the Worlds End: Zero Hour) show, which took place in both women's native New York), Statlander was defeated by Nightingale. At Revolution 2024: Zero Hour) on March 3, Statlander and Nightingale defeated Blue and Hart.
TBS Champion; feud with Willow Nightingale (2023–2024)
On May 26, at Double or Nothing), After Nightingale was defeated by Mercedes Moné, Stokely Hathaway berated Nightingale until Statlander pushed him over, seemingly terminating his role as their manager. Moments later, on the ramp Statlander attacked Nightingale and aligned herself with Hathaway once again, revealing the prior events to be a ruse. As a result of the attack Statlander turned heel). Statlander competed in the Owen Hart Cup, defeating Nyla Rose in the first round but losing to Nightingale in the second. At the All In: Zero Hour) show on August 25, Nightingale and Tomohiro Ishii defeated Statlander and Hathaway in a mixed tag team match, which the winner would chose the stipulation of their match at All Out), with Nightingale choosing their match to be a Chicago street fight. The match was meant to be for the CMLL World Women's Championship but that stipulation was abandoned due to CMLL not allowing titles to be defended in street fights. At All Out) on September 7, Statlander defeated Nightingale, seemingly ending the feud.
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