AEW star addresses return after nine months away

Red Velvet’s return will take place on the November 8 episode of AEW Dynamite.
She will be taking on another returning AEW star in the form of Julia Hart whose last match was at WrestleDream on October 1, 2023.

On a recent episode of Women’s Wrestling Talk, Red Velvet spoke about her mindset as she prepares for her return, saying:
“That’s a tough one because I haven’t been on AEW television for a while, and it’s just given me a lot of time to reflect.
“I think, not if, when I come back, I just have a different mindset, and I’m a different person, and I’m a different wrestler, so I wouldn’t want to single anyone out. I want to wrestle everyone.
“I just feel like I’m in a different mindset, I’m a different person, I’m a different athlete now, so even having wrestled the women I’ve already wrestled, I just feel like they’re about to get the new me, and I don’t think anybody’s ready. But I have on a lot of people.”

“I have my eyes on people that are [in] AEW, I have my eyes on people that are outside of AEW. I know that when I get back, it’s my year.
“I’m coming for everything everyone said I couldn’t have, didn’t have or didn’t deserve, I’m coming for all of it
“So I don’t think people are ready. But I’m trying to be the best of the best.”

She would go on to discuss how she sees her role in wrestling, adding:
“I want to elevate talent, I want to help the generations that are coming and leave my staple in the world of wrestling, and I don’t just mean, ‘Hey, I want to come and be a champion.’
“No, I want to help bring up girls. I want to help train other girls because there’s gonna be a day where I’m not gonna do it anymore, and I want to know that the wrestling world is being left behind great, amazing, female wrestlers, and we’re not going backwards. I’m just ready.”

Red Velvet’s last match was on February 1, 2023 where she lost a TBS Championship match against Jade Cargill.
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