Ash By Elegance Says She Was In Negotiations With Other Companies Before Signing With TNA Wrestling

Ash By Elegance discusses her decision to sign with TNA Wrestling. 

Ash By Elegance (Dana Brooke in WWE) showed up at TNA Hard To Kill to take in the action before it was officially announced that she had signed with the company. Ash had been with WWE for a decade before being released in September 2023. 

Speaking to Kevin Kellam of SportsKeeda, Ash explained why she decided to sign with TNA. 

“TNA is, I feel, a land of open creativity. It lets you explore many options. There are other companies out there that I have talked to and was in negotiations with, but one thing that drew me to TNA was Tommy Dreamer and Gail [Gail Kim] were like, ‘Listen, we let our talent have creative freedom. Yes, we will help you and take that creativity to the next level and bring it to life.’ That’s something that drew me to TNA. Also, watching the women’s Knockouts division, I feel it’s the best of the best. These women are hungry. I’ve been honored and blessed to sit ringside for Jordynne’s matches. Seeing what they do, seeing that they put their heart and soul into the ring, is amazing. I’m super passionate about wrestling and other places that I have wrestled at before, you lose that passion for being on the road every week, every Monday or Friday at TV, you lose that passion because it’s a story that you’re playing when you’re going out there. The wrestlers at TNA have that passion and are hungry for that next step and next level. Tommy Dreamer was like, ‘We saw your potential at WWE. We want to capitalize on that and make you a star.’ That’s what stood out to me,” she said. 

Ash will be in action against Xia Brookside on the April 25th episode of TNA iMPACT!

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