The new MLW signee speaks about joining the organization.
As Major League Wrestling continues to establish their Women’s World Featherweight Championship which is currently in Taya Valkyrie’s possession, they are adding more talent to their women’s division.
The latest to officially be added to the roster is Delmi Exo, who has signed with the organization.
While Delmi was on the Irish Whip Podcast, she stated that she could not dive into the specifics of her MLW deal, but expressed that it was a fair deal to sign, she’s being taken care of and she’s committed to all of their 2023 dates.
I don’t think I can be specific in terms of length (of my MLW contract) because I don’t want to ruin the mystique I guess. I think the best thing I could say is I feel like it’s a very fair contract for me to be signing. I feel I was taken care of.
I am committed to all their dates for the year.
Earlier in the conversation, Exo touched on the process of signing with MLW. She brought up doing work for the organization in the past with her sister, Ashley Vox.
So it seems like it was a fast process (signing with MLW) because everyone sees the announcement and for some people, it might seem like it’s out of the blue that I’ve been offered a contract which is insane to say that I’m actually a pro wrestler now after — that’s always the goal that everyone has. But, in reality, back in 2020 when me and Ashley (Vox) had worked for them and gotten to wrestle for the company, it was kind of an idea that they wanted to start building their women’s division and so we weren’t sure how in-depth they wanted to do that. They had signed talent, but there wasn’t really women signed under their company and they had women who they would go back to, like Catrina was used a lot, from Lucha Underground so she was someone you would assume had a contract. But there wasn’t in-ring women talent yet and so they’ve been kind of trying to get the ball rolling on this women’s division. It’s really hard because for them, they could bring someone in and then they could get taken into IMPACT or taken to AEW. There’s all these companies who are trying to build their own rosters and it’s a lot (she laughed).
Further speaking about those past experiences, she talked about what she likes about MLW and the freedom is a focal point.
I’m very fortunate that I’ve been able to wrestle for other TV companies so I’ve been able to wrestle for IMPACT, I’ve been able to wrestle for AEW at their Dark tapings, I’ve been able to wrestle for ROH when they were doing Women of Honor and I think something that I do really like about MLW is that creative freedom. Back when (Dave) Prazak was helping, even then, he was very like, ‘Go out there, have a match, knock it out of the park. Make every second count.’ It’s a TV minute match so it’s not like 15 minute matches that you would see… You gotta make everything count. You can’t just take your time with certain things. You can let things register but, it does feel like they want you to go out there and hit your greatest hits which, if you go back and see some other stuff, like maybe in the carny days (she laughed), you would see, ‘Grab a hold. You’re doing too much out there’ versus at MLW, they’re like, ‘That was cool. Yeah, that’s awesome.’ They encourage you to do more with your TV time which is great because it’s like, yeah, that’s my time that I have in the ring.
On 2/4, Exo was in action at MLW SuperFight where she took on B3CCA in singles competition. In addition to her in-ring career, Exo co-runs the Pro Wrestling GRIND promotion which is based out of Massachusetts.
If the quotes in this article are used, please credit the Irish Whip Podcast with an H/T to POST Wrestling for the transcriptions.
