Both Willow Nightingale and Kris Statlander will be on the same team heading into the upcoming Blood and Guts match on November 12, which will also be the first time that the women’s division will get their own Blood and Guts match. Nightingale and Statlander have had the privilege for being in some very high profile situations in recent years, particularly in the realm of more violent hardcore matches, and Nightingale is very happy to be given that trust. “I am glad to have been put in the positions that I have.”

Of course, Nightingale and Statlander weren’t the first women in AEW to be given the freedom to be a little more violent than usual. Thunder Rosa and Dr. Britt Baker D.M.D. set the stage in a singles match, but Penelope Ford, The Bunny, Anna Jay, and Tay Melo set the standard from a tag team perspective. “I really give a lot of credit to [Penelope Ford] and The Bunny and TayJay for that first hard street fight that they had as a tag, because that set the precedent.” 

Nightingale and Statlander have since had numerous Street Fights in AEW, both as tag team partners and as opponents. It’s because of these shared experiences where Nightingale has to give credit where credit is due to Statlander as she isn’t afraid to get her hands bloody. “I have to credit Stat a lot, too, because we did a lot of those as a tag. And for whatever personal feelings I may have against her, I can never gloss over the fact that she has such an incredible brain for wrestling, whether that be through her athleticism or her gory, sadistic mind.”

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