Lena Kross Reflects On Appearing On AEW Collision & TNA Xplosion In Same Week

Lena Kross had a big week as she appeared on AEW Collision and TNA Xplosion on the same week, something she reflected on in a new interview. The independent star worked a match against Kris Statlander on Collision and then appeared on Xplosion in a match taped the previous week, and she spoke about the matter in a Captain’s Corner virtual signing. You can see highlights below, per Fightful:

On her busy week: “Thank you for having me (on the virtual signing). I am super excited. Like you said, it’s been a very busy week. TNA, AEW, live TV debut… Big week, big week. Very busy week. All kind of just happened quite quickly.”

On her TNA appearance: “So last week was TNA tapings in Rhode Island. I got invited to do the Xplosion tapings on the Thursday, because I did two nights. So I was night one on a Thursday. I tagged with Rosemary against Harley Hudson and Myla Grace. Fantastic experience. First time obviously working with TNA, first time working with all those girls. The locker room was really great. They have a lot of Aussies there. I don’t know if anyone saw the Instagram photo of the six of us, but there was myself, The IInspiration, Indi Hartwell and Steph De Lander — that’s five — I can’t count. That’s only five. The five of us. Locker room was fantastic.”

“I was really happy with the match. I haven’t watched it back yet. If you have, let me know what you think. The opportunity that I could showcase myself on that platform, Tommy Dreamer gave that to me which I’m very thankful for. Working with Jazz as well as a producer was a nice, little full-circle moment. Obviously, watching as a fan, to sort of being able to work with these people is great.”

On her Collision appearance: “This week, I went to Chicago for AEW and had my live TV debut on Collision against Kris Statlander and again, given a short amount of time to sort of show out and give that first impression. But, I think I’m confident in what I was able to do and what I was able to show the world and I’m very confident in saying that it’s only the beginning, because now that I think I’ve set the example of what I can do on that platform, opportunities are just gonna keep coming… And in this business, it only takes one thing, and your life can change.”

On connecting with The IInspiration: “So, they had already been signed before I started wrestling. So, I didn’t meet them until very recently actually so, I met Cassie first back in — I could be wrong but I think it was 2023 on a World Series Wrestling tour in Australia. They came over; her, Shawn Spears. Met them on that tour and I was lucky enough to be able to work with them. I did a mixed tag with Matt Cardona against Cassie and Shawn Spears, which was a lot of fun. I think it’s up on YouTube. If you haven’t watched it, go give it a watch. It was sort of like a bit of a blow-off match of the tour. Fantastic, really connected.

“Again, Cassie and Jess have also been sort of trailblazers following on from Tenille (Dashwood) for women from Australia. So, they’ve definitely set a pathway for us to follow and opened so many doors and then, I’ve recently met Jess this year. First, at Mania and then again at TNA when I did the tapings last week. Both lovely, both really, really supportive. I think that’s one thing about the Aussie women. We’re all really supportive of each other because there’s not that many of us and because we are so far away from everything, one person’s win is also everyone’s win because it draws in eyes on all of us. So yeah, The IInspiration are exactly who they are. They are an absolute IInspiration.”