Saraya continued to discuss how compromises like her introductory angle wouldn’t be possible without pitching to Tony Khan. Using her rival as an example, she said that Britt Baker “is always pitching ideas” and that results in her consistently ending up on-screen. Now that has finally started to spread to other members of the women’s locker room and yielded positive results for Jade Cargill and Taya Valkyrie.

“It influences a lot of the girls because a lot of girls see that and they do it too,” she said. “I feel like a lot more girls are doing that nowadays, so there’s more stories being told [featuring female talent].”

Although, if some people aren’t as comfortable with going directly to the big boss right off the bat, she said that other veterans such as Jon Moxley and Chris Jericho are always willing to help with workshopping ideas and adding their two cents.

“The wonderful thing is that you have Jericho and Moxley,” she said. “If you ask them to help you out, maybe they’ll come in with us to talk to Tony. [Then] we’ll all have a conversation. Tony’s always very receptive. You just have to ask. If he doesn’t want to do a certain idea, he’ll just be like, ‘I love it, but I want to do this this week and maybe we can do that next week or the week after.’ It really helps to pitch the idea to Moxley and Jericho to see if they like it … in case we [wasting] our time.”

With so many of the greatest minds in professional wrestling at their disposal in AEW, Saraya says that this process can “open more doors to more storytelling,” which could make the show more enjoyable for the entire roster as well as the fans watching.