Former model, spokesperson, and sports journalist Jennifer Decker with Nick Hausman of Wrestling Inc about her new role within All Elite Wrestling, and how AEW differs from WWE.
Decker participated in a 2012 WWE tryout, after the company placed a casting call for new Divas. The Miami native sustained a concussion and a stress fracture in her neck after two-and-a-half weeks at the camp, and was unable to continue her wrestling career.
The former Sports Illustrated columnist has found herself in the wrestling community once again, where she’ll act as host for AEW’s “Double or Nothing” weigh-in and press conference.
Decker was asked how AEW differed from WWE.
“It’s fun,” Decker said. “You know how you go to one job and it feels super corporate, cookie-cutter and kind of unoriginal? Then you see another world and you’re like, ‘Wow! This is the fun I was supposed to be having.’ It’s just a reinvigorated environment. You feel the level of excitement around it and you know you’re a part of something that’s building and is gonna become amazing.”
Decker was also asked if AEW would be ran in ways similar to sports promotions, since AEW owner Shahid Khan also owned the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Fullham F.C.
“I think so. They are creating something that hasn’t had a template before… They are completely reinventing professional wrestling as we know it,” Decker said of AEW.
“You don’t bring on people like Kenny Omega and Chris Jericho and create something ordinary. The Young Bucks, Cody – they have all built something from nothing as far as “Being the Elite” and, “The Road to Double or Nothing”, and The Nightmare Family. These are all things they have built bare bones and that’s something they can be really proud of and is something this company is gonna stand for.”
Decker graduated from Florida State University, and continued in roles primarily in the world of sports journalism. She acted as “Gameday Host” for the New York Jets, a co-host of the Versus sports news show The Daily Line, and was the segment host on the ABC show Race to March Madness.
Decker will host AEW’s weigh-in and press conference for “Double or Nothing” as a part of Starrcast II on Friday, May 24, streaming live on Fite.tv.
Readers can listen to the entire Jennifer Decker interview here.
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