Sarah Stock made her start working for All Elite Wrestling back at the Dynamite tapings in Winnipeg on March 15.
Stock was working as a producer and coach in WWE, before she was laid off at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Speaking on AEW Unrestricted, Stock noted that she initially started talks with AEW in 2022, but her hiring was delayed for almost a year due to Visa issues.
She said:
“I was in Mexico at the time. I had been out of the ring for seven years, I hadn’t wrestled. I had made the decision to get back in the ring for three matches in Mexico, that was it, just have this little comeback, but it wasn’t planned to be a full time return, just motivation to get me back in the ring. I’m not sure what sparked the interest, but it was shortly after I made that decision and went back to Mexico to prepare for those matches that AEW got in touch with me.
“It all moved very quickly and then very slowly. Quickly in terms of, I really wanted to work with the company and we came to an agreement on things. The unfortunate part is, being a Canadian citizen, things aren’t as easy as starting to work. Rolling the red tape, getting visas, it was about a year after that conversation that I actually stepped foot through the doors in Winnipeg.
“Obstacles kept coming up in that process. Thankfully, the AEW legal team and the law firm they work with to get visas were excellent in staying positive and keeping me positive because at that point, I stopped my whole life. I was done in the ring, I did these little matches in Mexico, and I’m going to get ready to go to work in AEW.
“I thought in a couple of months I would be there and ready to go. Everything stopped. It was limbo and frustration because I didn’t know if the visa would ever come through. When It finally did, it was the biggest relief. I’m so glad it all worked out.”
Sarah Stock is most well known for her time in TNA as Sarita, where she was a two time Knockouts Tag Team Champion, once with Taylor Wilde, and once with Rosita (Zelina Vega).
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