Laurel Van Ness on How GFW Differs From Indies, Creative Freedom

Laurel Van Ness was recently interviewed by WrestlingInc where she spoke about the differences between the indies and GFW and creative freedom in the promotion.

On how difficult it is for female wrestlers to make it in the indies:

“I think – for female or male, it is very challenging on the independent scene. Ideally if you notice, it is the people that don’t have a second job that tend to be in one of the companies with a larger name and a larger fanbase. And that’s how they are able to charge more, or work more, and travel around the world. The people that have made a name for themselves, and really just can wrestle have worked their butts off to get to that place. They definitely deserve a lot of respect.”

On the direction of the women in GFW and how much creative freedom she has:

“I love it. I think as females, we always want to have more air time, more room time, more – longer matches and more main events. But, at the end of the day, we’re going in that direction, and I’m happy with that, and I’m happy with the side everyone has taken in women’s wrestling. We do get a lot of creative input, and that’s something you don’t get in all companies. So myself and the Laurel Van Ness character, I’m very happy with the inputs that I’m able to get back from Impact Wrestling.”

On how the idea for her character came about:

“Well, it was a collaboration between a lot, lot of people in the office, and Dutch and myself. It is something that I kind of – as we get inputs from the fans, and inputs from our peers and our co – workers, it’s changed, and it has evolved, and it has grown into something maybe more crazier – more psychotic, drunk and things like that. So it is forever changing, and we’re forever looking for inspiration. “

On how much interaction she has had with Gail Kim, who influenced her:

“Well Gail is… not only is she a wrestler, but she does a lot (of work) backstage for us. She does agent our matches, and I’ve learnt so much from her in the past year, in and out of the ring – not just about wrestling, but life in general. She’s a great person to have on my side, and all of the knockouts are very thankful, to keep her around even after she retired, as an agent.”

On the major differences between indie promotions and GFW:

“Well, the difference was always going to be the talent. We’re able to sign the best talent in the world. As I love sitting down backstage, watching our product because it is such high quality, and love watching the matches that are put together. But you know what? I’ve seen some amazing independent wrestling shows. I’ve seen high quality matches, I’ve seen high level talent. So at the end of the day, all independent companies are different, you know? It’s hard to make that kind of comparison.”

While the character of Van Ness cannot be defined in simply one video, we highly suggst you watch the full wedding video we’ve featured below involving herself and Braxton Sutter.

The Entire Wedding of Laurel Van Ness and Braxton Sutter | IMPACT Feb. 23rd, 2017

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