In an exclusive interview with PWPonderings, Killer Kelly (@Kelly_WP) opened up about her time in TNA Wrestling, including being a mainstay with the promotion, working with Masha Slamovich, Steve Maclin’s recent departure, plans to bring KILLERGOAT to TNA with Myron Reed, and her favorite moments. Watch the interview in its entirety down below.

You were also a mainstay with TNA for quite some time. What did your time in TNA mean to you?

“It meant a lot. If it wasn’t for TNA, I wouldn’t be here in the United States. They trusted me and loved my work so much that they brought me over from Europe. And, they were the ones who went through all the legalities and immigration and blah blah blah. I’m forever grateful for TNA. TNA was where I really developed my character, my Killer Kelly character. I love TNA. Even though I left, there’s no hard feelings. I just felt it was time for me to move on because there were more eyes and they were more focused on the newer talents, and I didn’t want to be on the back burner.

So, I was like, okay, let’s move on for now. With Myron also accepting AEW. I was like, well, I really wanted to do KILLERGOAT here. But, I prefer Myron going to AEW and making a name for himself and having a way better paycheck as well, which is good for our family. I decided, okay, now it’s the perfect time to go. It also gives me time to just be a mother, which I love. I’m still wrestling, but I’m more focused on being a mother for the time being. I’m still pretty busy with wrestling. But, I carry TNA wherever.”

You’re a former two-time TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion, alongside Masha Slamovich. What was it like to kind of run that knockout tag team division?

“It meant the world to me. It went to the world to me because it was the first time I was a champion in a major company. I was a champion in wXw in the very beginning of my career, but it wasn’t like a major, televised company. So, they put the titles on us, and allowing me to become the champion for the first time was an honor. I loved it. I felt like we delivered as champions. We were great champions. But the best thing was whenever they made the switch to TNA again, and we won the titles again. It was perfect.

It was perfect because just holding those titles meant a lot to me, because the TNA brand is very, very special. I feel like I was part of one of the best female tag teams in TNA history. I feel like we really left our mark as one of the greatest tag teams. MK Ultra will live on forever.”

It seems a lot has been going on with TNA, with so many talents now finding their way out of the company. Did this surprise you to see the news of Steve Maclin’s departure from the company?

“No. No. Because I know Maclin, and I feel like he is bigger than TNA. He already accomplished so much in TNA. I feel like it was the smartest next step.”

You and Myron seemingly had plans to do some stuff together in TNA. What were your hopes with Myron under the TNA banner?

“KILLERGOAT was starting. KILLERGOAT was starting, so that was our goal. The match didn’t happen, but it was about to happen. Him vs. Leon for the X-Division Championship. On the AMC debut of TNA, and I was 99% sure, not 99% sure, I was 100% sure that once we started with KILLERGOAT, Myron was going to be X-Division Champion. That was a clear path.”

Did you have any favorite memories or moments in TNA?

“Definitely, leading up to my debut. All the vignettes that I recorded. Everything. I loved it. It was very, very well done. I was able to be my creative self for the first time. So, that’s number one at this moment. Then, my feud with Masha. Definitely my favorite times in TNA, leading up to our dog collar match. Which, in my opinion, is one of the best women’s dog collar matches ever. It was the first one televised. We made history. It was amazing. We weren’t allowed to do stuff back then, like we were not allowed to bleed, which I feel took away a little bit out of the match. But still, what we had, we over-delivered it. It was amazing. So, that’s another one of my favorite moments. Then, becoming champions for the first time. That was amazing.”