Ariane Andrew Says Pound Town Wrestling’s First Event Was ‘An Awesome Experience’

Ariane Andrew discusses the first event from Pound Town Wrestling from October 12th.

Ariane Andrew reflects on the debut of her promotion, Pound Town Wrestling.

Earlier this fall, Andrew announced that she would be debuting a new luxury independent wrestling promotion, Pound Town Wrestling.

The debut show occurred on October 12th, with Andrew facing off with Sonny Kiss in one on one action at the event. Prior to the debut, Andrew promised a “story driven product.”

While speaking to PWMania, Andrew discussed what it was like to start her own promotion and how she was able to make the idea a reality.

“Long story short, it was a small little idea that I had that became something way bigger than I expected. Pretty much the whole process of even wanting to do PTW was to bring something different to the independent circuit. A lot of times I feel like it’s very spot-driven, so we’re focusing more on storylines, and bringing in local talent from California who have not been seen and heard and allowing them to be seen and heard, and just doing some very different. When have you ever gone to a wrestling show at a club? So, it’s like bringing something like that into the world of Hollywood. The world of Hollywood is Hollywood, it’s not some big, huge area of wrestling fans. When you bring in wrestling, entertainment, and the club, it brings in something so different. So, no matter if you don’t watch wrestling, it will be something you want to come and watch. Just to see the crowd. The crowd was so lit, and to see how they interacted, and how all the talent played their parts, even if they didn’t watch wrestling, they knew who the heel was, and who the face was. That was just something that was an awesome experience.”

Ariane was then asked about the “party feel” of the show, with the former Funkadactyl explaining that she wanted a combination of a Hollywood and traditional wrestling crowd atmosphere at her show.

“No matter what, I feel like in any sport you have more of a good time when it’s live. It was just again trying to bring in a different element. There’s never been anything like this, and I know they’ve started doing something like this in Japan, but not here in the States. It’s just opening up the crowd. I feel like sometimes the wrestling demographic is very different than the whole Hollywood world, so why not try to bring both worlds together? But make it just a completely different and unique experience. Just to hear a lot of the talent say every wrestling show should go like this, that’s when I know I’m on to something. Again, it’s different. People in Los Angeles love to party, so why not bring the best of both worlds? These independent shows charge about the same amount of money, I’m keeping something on the same level price-wise, but you’re getting so much more. I feel like that’s what brings people back. When people feel like we over-delivered, it’s awesome. People work hard for their money, and with anything I put my hands on, I want people to leave that experience being wowed and wanting to come back.”

Ariane competed for the first time since the 2022 WWE Women’s Royal Rumble at the event, as mentioned previously. Andrew stated that she thought there was no one better to face in her return match than Sonny Kiss.

“Initially, I didn’t announce that I was wrestling. I wanted to keep it a surprise. When I reached out to Sonny, when I decided to get back into the ring I really could not think of anyone better. Respectfully, it’s one of those moments that I always wanted to wrestle Sonny, and now having my promotion, it’s the whole reason I’m essentially doing this. Because girl, you get to do what you want to do. You get to walk to the beat of your drum. Just working with Sonny was so awesome because a big thing that’s been missing is with you, you’re so capable of doing stuff like I see how you (Sonny) work in the ring, you’re so athletic. It’s just about having that comfortability with someone who you trust and telling yourself you got this. Just having her pushing me and telling me I got this, it was just an absolute pleasure to work with her.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Ariane stated that she is “so freaking happy” for Trinity. You can read more here.