Leyla Hirsch talks AEW/ROH departure

[Chris]

“I’m going to be really honest, because I’m a very honest person, I think my time in AEW was decent. I didn’t accomplish half the stuff I would have liked to, especially coming back from an ACL injury. I kept having hopes and hopes. I would pitch stuff. I would rarely pitch things, because I’m not like that. But if I did, it’s because I think it was something that was worth it. So the one thing I pitched to Tony [Khan] was telling my story of coming here from Russia. And just, you know what I mean, because that was my story with [Kris] Statlander that never — I never got to see it through, which was so frustrating. Because it’s something I know that would have really elevated my career, and also I think it would have definitely done good for the company."
“I feel like I put so much effort into Ring of Honor, so much energy. And the last couple of months, I just feel like, this is where I say there’s so much that we don’t control. And I can just say as a performer, like, I tried my best. I try to pitch stuff. I try to work well with whatever is given to us, even at sometimes it made no sense and it was beyond frustrating. That’s the one thing I will just say, I feel like I was losing the performer I knew I was capable of being. I didn’t feel like I was ‘Legit’ Leyla Hirsch. And that’s the most frustrating part. So when people like criticize AEW or Ring of Honor, I think to a certain extent, I can understand. Some fans, or like just some people, they can see what’s happening, you know? And no company is perfect. No company is ever perfect. Tony has a million things that he’s doing, that he’s orchestrating, right?”

“I learned so much being with AEW. So much — good and bad. And the one thing I’ve learned is, like, with fans, what they want is stories. That’s one of the things with Ring of Honor, it just felt like such a struggle. Because we wanted to tell stories. But then I feel like, any time we pitched something, I guess depending who you are, it just didn’t matter. So for me it just felt like nothing I did, or even if I tried, it wasn’t going to matter. Which as a performer, I think it sucks. Especially when, to me, like again, I care. I showed up every week to work, to do something, to make something happen. So, in that aspect, as a performer, it’s tough when you know there could be so much potential. You want Ring of Honor to succeed, you want the people in Ring of Honor to succeed, but, again, there’s so much that we don’t have control of. So when AEW does storylines, they’re amazing. I use Mariah and Toni as an example. Look at what they were able to do. But, again, they were invested in that. Like, Tony and the writers, they had a whole team. And for the rest of us, it’s like we kind of just had to figure it out.”

 

[Comrade Khan]

Pretty fair exit interview . I agree with her views on roh.