Elayna Black's First TNA Interview
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Who is Elayna Black and why was she invited to the Busted Open Podcast?
Welcome to the Busted Open Podcast. This is Dave LaGrecka. On today's episode, myself and Tommy Dreamer have newly acquired TNA talent, Elena Black. She joins us right now on the Busted Open Podcast. This is the Busted Open Podcast. Elena, thank you so much for the time. It's a pleasure having you on.
Hello, thank you for having me. Happy to be here.
Awesome. What's going on, young lady? We're talking a whole lot of things before you were ever born today.
I love you, Mr. Tommy Dreamer. Oh one baby over here. Just turned twenty five, all right. I'm getting old.
Yeah.
Oh sh what? Sh please. When was your birthday? January fourteenth, it was the day before the AMC debut, so Big birthday present for me debuting on the AMC. Well,
happy belated
birthday. Thank you.
Did not know that either. Happy birthday. I was with her too, I feel bad. No cake,
no gift, nothing?
She was new to the company. Nobody knew her yet.
Maybe next year.
Oh uh oh it's it's interesting, you know, you're just turning twenty five and and you know, you've been around the wrestling world for quite some time and now you found a home In TNA, you know, been here, like you said, that debut and and you coming out onto that entrance ramp, what's it been like being a part of this company for the last few weeks?
It's been great. I love TNA. Um I grew up watching both TNA and WWE. So my first ever wrestling event was actually a TNA random TNA house show in like I think it was like Hammond, Indiana. It was like an hour from Chicago, something like that. Um, when I was like nine. Um, so I've always loved TNA. I've always like wanted to be a part of TNA in some way. And you know, after things ended with WWE, I was just trying to jump into things right away and do all indies and all that kind of stuff. And I think I just jumped into it maybe too fast and kind of just needed to take a second to breathe and, you know, figure out what I wanted to do and After a lot of thought and you know, realizing how much fun I did have when I was at TNA.
Like last year when I was with NXT, I came to TNA for a few months and I had so much fun. I loved everybody there. I loved the environment. I loved I love the company, I love what what the product that they put out. So I was like, I think now I feel ready. I'm starting to miss wrestling again, which is what I wanted to feel because for a while I just didn't feel that. Um But I started to miss wrestling again and was like, I think TNA is gonna be a good home for me. And you know, Tommy and I have had a good relationship since I was there last year. So Here we are. I'm happy to be here and I can't wait to see what T and A does on AMC.
Yep. So technically the last hire into my first hire uh for the year. And uh complete Dave, completely two different people. Let me ask you this, since, you know, everybody's listening. When I met you back in NXT, even though you were injured, you were a much different person, but did you think I was weird? Or do you not even know who the hell I am when I remind you of who you are? To me.
Never that I thought it was weird. I always appreciated it because you are I sa have your um one of your action figures uh back at my house in Chicago. So I was always a Tommy Dreamer fan.
What was Elayna’s experience debuting on TNA’s AMC show?
So it was nice to hear. Um I guess maybe it was just confusing because I feel like you saw something in me at that at the time I didn't even see in myself and Now I feel like I'm coming into that more and like I do know who I am and I do know what I can do in the wrestling business. But I think at the time I was just very like, I don't even know what the hell I'm doing and like I wasn't confident in myself. So to hear you say that, I was like, I don't think he knows what he's talking about, but he did.
Obviously. And yeah, I mean that that was it. Like I saw somebody who is a different person, not the person I know or not the person that I've also grown to have a great relationship with in a in a short period of time, but someone who was had doubt, also you were injured. And then, you know, I had her kinda reminder who I thought she was and then she was like, Hmm.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
Who is Elayna Black and why was she invited to the Busted Open Podcast?
0:00–3:17
2
What was Elayna’s experience debuting on TNA’s AMC show?
3:17–8:23
3
How did taking a six‑month break from wrestling affect Elayna’s mindset?
8:23–14:12
4
What does Elayna love about the TNA locker room and team environment?
14:12–18:31
5
Why are Elayna and the hosts debating which movie to watch next?
18:31–22:55
6
How did Elayna’s personal relationship with Casey Navarro influence her TNA return?
22:55–26:31