Kris Statlander Wants To Face THIS Top Star At AEW All In

Could Statlander defend the TBS Title against this major name at AEW All In this August?

Jun 11, 2023 June 11th, 2023

Having recently dethroned Jade Cargill to become the AEW TBS Champion, Kris Statlander now has Saraya in her crosshairs for the company's All In PPV from London's Wembley Stadium this August.

During a recent appearance on the Haus of Wrestling podcast (via Fightful), Statlander discussed All In, how this will be her first trip to the UK, and was asked about Saraya as someone she'd love to wrestle in front of the huge crowd that'll be at Wembley Stadium later this summer.

As Stat put it:

"Yeah, if I get the chance to wrestle Saraya at Wembley, I think that would be an amazing thing. I would love to absolutely do that. That's a lot of pressure, you know. She's the hometown hero, but I'm the champion. So it's, like, 'Oh no', but I think it would be so much fun. I'd be willing to wrestle anybody at that show, but yeah, I never even thought of that as a possibility. I think that would be so, so cool, though."

After being out of action since August with an ACL injury, Statlander made her shocking, triumphant return at AEW Double or Night last month. There, she won an impromptu match against Jade Cargill, becoming the TBS Champion and bringing an end to Jade's mammoth 60-0 undefeated streak.

Statlander has already successfully defended her TBS Title on four occasions, with the 27-year-old New York collecting televised wins over Nyla Rose and Anna Jay AS, and picking up house show victories against Lady Frost and Anna.

AEW All In takes place on Sunday 27 August. Whether we get Statlander vs. Saraya at Wembley Stadium remains to be seen, though one has to imagine that Stat will be featured on the card should she still be TBS Champion at that point in time. Likewise, the Outcasts' Saraya seems a shoe-in to have a role at All In, with this offering the Brit the first chance to wrestle in her home country since an April 2016 WWE live event.

Andrew Pollard

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