VUORI: Get 20% off your first purchase! Get yourself some of the most comfortable and versatile clothing on the planet at https://vuori.com/cvv ROCKET MONEY: Join Rocket Money today and experience financial freedom: https://rocketmoney.com/cvv Deonna Purrazzo a professional wrestler currently signed to AEW. She sits down with Chris Van Vliet at West Coast Creative Studio in Hollywood, CA to discuss her surprise AEW debut in her home state of New Jersey, how the debut was kept secret, her TNA career which included a 30-minute Iron Woman match against Jordynne Grace and a rivalry with Mickie James, why she decided to leave TNA, why WWE didn't work out and more! 00:00 Intro 00:36 Making her AEW debut in New Jersey 02:40 Crying before she came to the ring for the first time in AEW 05:33 Wanting to live up to her own career expectations 06:19 Wrestling her 8th match in TNA 07:38 Making appearances in WWE during her first year in wrestling 08:16 Flying herself to NXT to be a part of tapings 10:25 Working for ROH and TNA to keep herself on TV 12:29 Being comfortable picking her character in Impact Wrestling 14:13 Her Virtuosa nickname 15:19 Falling back in love with wrestling because of TNA 16:07 Why didn’t she stay in TNA? 17:33 Planning the 30-minute ironman match with Jordynne Grace 20:22 Does Jordynne Grace know that she hits so hard? 21:36 Being able to share the ring with Mickie James 23:07 Taking 10 years to learn what she was truly about 24:25 What she learned wrestling Bayley in NXT 25:25 Nia Jax working with her early on in NXT 27:21 Being inspired to get into wrestling by Trish Stratus 28:22 How old was she when she decided to be a wrestler? 29:29 Which job did she do to pay off wrestling school? 30:03 How long was she in wrestling school before her first match? 30:26 Who is she looking forward to working with in AEW? 31:31 Wrestling feeling cool for the first time in a while 32:58 Remembering the first time she met Chelsea Green 34:04 How she met her husband Steve Maclin 35:45 Being a World Champion at the same time as her husband 38:51 Why doesn’t she watch her own matches? 39:47 Who does she trust to give her opinions on matches? 41:07 What are her goals going forward in AEW? 42:07 Getting used to a brand new work environment in AEW 43:56 Being called up to the WWE main roster 45:05 Wrestling Trinity for 28 minutes in TNA 45:52 Getting a ‘Women’s Wrestling’ chant during AEW Double or Nothing 46:00 Working on her fitness with Cezar Bononi 51:41 Internet comments about her physical appearance in her AEW debut 54:45 Backstage politics in NXT hurting her love of wrestling 56:51 Getting a master's degree and thinking about life after wrestling 58:49 Her work with Tunnels to Towers 01:00:15 3 things Deonna Purrazzo is grateful for Subscribe to http://youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet Listen to "Insight with Chris Van Vliet": https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com Get awesome CVV t-shirts & merch: https://teespring.com/stores/chris-van-vliet Email me: cvv@chrisvanvliet.com Follow me on Instagram: http://instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Like me on Facebook: http://facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet #aew #deonnapurrazzo #wrestling #chrisvanvliet #BlueWireVideo