Tay Melo Discusses Her Name Change, Names Toni Storm & Thunder Rosa As People She Wants To Work With

Tay Melo discusses her name change and her goals in AEW.

Tay Melo reveals the reason behind her name change in AEW.

Before Tay Melo came to AEW, she was known as Taynara Conti during her time in NXT. When she arrived in AEW in July 2020, her name was shortened to Tay Conti. Recently, Conti changed her in-ring name to Tay Melo, which follows more after her legal birth name.

In a new interview with Denise Salcedo, Melo commented on the reasoning behind her sudden name change.

“Short term I just changed my last, which is like a restart for me. Everybody knows that was my ex’s last name. I got married but I never really had a wedding. I never had a wedding. I had pictures in Brazil because I was modeling. So I just took some pictures back in Brazil with my ex because the model that I was supposed to do the photoshoot with got sick. I have never had a wedding before… I never changed my name legally, I just put his name on my work name, so I was like ‘well it doesn’t make sense to have his name, I gotta change it,’ so I put my real last name.”

Continuing on, Melo discussed her current goals within the confines of All Elite Wrestling.

“My short term goal right now is putting my new name out there and trying to rebrand myself. I want to go back of course for the main title picture, but more than that I want to keep learning and growing. Keep working with people that bring so much to the table. I wanna work with Toni Storm, I wanna work Shida again, I wanna work Thunder Rosa, I wanna work Britt again, Britt was one of my favorite matches, she brings so much when she’s on the mic. She’s a beast on the mic. I wanna learn, I think that’s my main goal all the time. I want to do my best and keep growing.”

Melo and her on and off screen boyfriend Sammy Guevara recently got married. To learn more, click here.

Special thanks to Denise Salcedo of Instinct Culture for the quotes.