Toni Storm on leaving WWE, signing w/ AEW, Onlyfans and more! | The Sessions with Renee Paquette

[@KennySchafer]

One thing I've noticed that a lot of wrestlers have in common is that they loved their time in NXT (presumably when it was ran by Triple H) and then it fell apart afterwards. I personally loved when he ran NXT. Storylines were great, matches felt solid, and a great rotation of talent.

[@robertmorrell6548]

Of course HHH made NXT must see tv man !

[@SirGenesis206]

Absolutely the common denominator. Once you remove HHH from the equation, especially for a seasoned indie wrestler, everything changes. HHH knows how to make anyone feel like a star. Vince has his “types”.

[@kroanosm617]

Yeah, seems to be a recurring theme. They love NXT and then hate it when they get moved up.

[@Morrow86]

100%

[@afd19850]

Only WWE product I have watched in past 15 years was Black and Gold NXT. Main roster stuff sucks and Hunter actually knew what he was doing!!!

[@joseluispalacios9362]

When she said " I understand that I love wrestling not a company" that was very powerful and that's how every wrestler should look at things. They are lucky enough to have more than one place to go and get payed really well to do what they love. Not every company has to be for everyone, maybe some wrestlers fit better on a company and some in other's but the fact that they have options is fantastic!!

[@ishmael802]

Goes for the fans as well

[@michaels.8309]

Toni is refreshingly open and honest. Quickly becoming one of my favorite in-ring wrestlers since her WWE departure! People might get annoyed with her take on working for WWE, but the truth is people should be encouraged to express their perspective on things.

[@perceivedvelocity9914]

I cannot imagine always being on-call the way that the WWE wrestlers are. I don't think that I could spend every waking hour waiting for a call that may never come.

[@jeffamell3501]

@@perceivedvelocity9914 its cringe

[@Blue-ke9fu]

Only bootlickers will take offense to what she is saying about the WWE everyone else with brain will see it

[@josceola8979]

@@jeffamell3501 embarrassingly bad use of the word cringe.

[@beebeecee669]

whatever

[@Ortonstraightbrother]

In life, not just wrestling, if you can afford to be happy then you have to take it. Like Toni said, she wasn't mad, she just wasn't happy anymore.

[@dozer11]

100% agree. If you can afford to leave a job that makes you miserable, take that jump.

[@DaleWeise99]

She ruined is career by going to AEW thought. I just hope she can have less mental problem. It's tough to deal with it so if she's happy by quitting wrestling it's fine too. She botch a lot too recently

[@victoriancuddler]

I was miserable at my last job and didn't fully realize it until I was let go. Sometimes the most heartbreaking things to happen to you can turn out for the better.

[@frconvey]

Love listening to Athena & Toni talk about wrestling in the last while. Dreaming of wwe and then being disillusioned with it. Wanting better and not being like most nodding Their head and cashing cheques. They want more out of wrestling and I have nothing but admiration for them 👏👏

[@PierreEvaL]

Love Toni! “Anything I didn’t like, I just got rid of.” That’s the right philosophy. She looks great, happy and giving off great vibes.

[@andreawest2194]

I’m happy she talked with Renee, this interview was really good. I fully believe in don’t stay at a job if your mentally & physically checked out

[@muppet1184]

When I first saw Toni Storm it was during the first Mae Young Classic and I was hooked from then. I tracked down all her matches from Stardom and I have to say she is the complete package. Beauty and wrestling prowess, a modern day womens wrestler

[@rezlifeent]

i feel sorry for all the wrestling fans who only had 1 company to watch after 2000. my dream was to be wcw champ but it was gone. Luckly in the US we had early TNA, ROH and finding dvds of CZW, XPW, and Backyard wrestling, we just had to work hard to find something different. Toni Storm will be Champ in AEW or we will make it happen!

[@josceola8979]

LOL

[@deon3133]

Lmao

[@jonahbartolome]

Wha-

[@Jack91790]

@Jeff Edrones are seething over this one.

[@tombradydid9114]

@Jeffyour judgemental

[@nolashdemon]

This talk reminded me a lot when I decided to walk out of a film set. I was getting paid good money but it was making me go crazy. I felt very disrespected and stressed out by my own coworkers and supervisors. And one day i said I’m out.

[@paulkokorotsis8215]

Toni is my favorite woman wrestler right now. I don't blame her for leaving WWE. She had the same reason why Moxley and others wanted to leave. People don't like being micromanaged. Happy that she's now in AEW and that she's happy now. Hopefully, she'll have a great run and have several champion reigns. Great interview like always, Renee.

[@beebeecee669]

I hated taker for giving this generation shit for playing video games but really, he should've attacked it for how many ungrateful crybabies who constantly run away any time things get difficult....while having action figures and video game characters. Spoiled fragile brats.

[@rafaelorona1395]

I really like Toni. She seems like the girl you want to hang out with, she keeps it honest, she’s laid back and the bonus is that she’s hot. I’m glad she figured that WWE wasn’t truly pushing her towards any direction and that she wasn’t happy, so she carved her own way out and now seems pretty happy about her decision.

[@SamuelDuplessis12]

100% her and Juice seem like such a cool couple to be around.

[@SamuelDuplessis12]

@@Parfenoff79 yeah she literally talked about Juice near the end of this episode.

[@daisybelle1025]

@@Parfenoff79 yeah she literally says they're married

[@Parfenoff79]

@zen view was just asking dude: thought I read they weren’t . Chill

[@SethinBerlin]

@@Parfenoff79 did you not watch the interview?

[@khalidtaib7590]

She’s a star 💫😍😍😍🤍 you can just see it , I need this woman to be the face of wrestling weather AEW , WWE if she ever comes back 🖤 Love her. Great interview, great insight of how her WWE release came about , I was waiting for this interview so so much since December

[@therealsirdj5934]

This was so great. I got to admit that I didn't knew any of her in ring work prior to AEW just because I don't watch NXT or NXT UK. But just hearing Toni chat was so nice. She brings an attitude you can only admire. And her talking about Juice was just the most wholesome thing.

[@GimmeAHullYeah]

A really realistic interpretation on what WWE is like, refreshing for sure.

[@Ahmed-og2jm]

It's pretty much the same for a lot of them....NXT was truly something special HHH has to get some credit despite all his faults for creating a good progressive wrestling environment that was successful and tried to build the future and really help women's wrestling and wrestling as a whole...only for Vince McMahon to even change that

[@narvelbaltimore5690]

I said it Before and I'll say it again, Juice Robinson is a very lucky man. 🙂😎

[@brandongary8234]

I'm glad that Toni and Athena have their groove back and excited about wrestling again

[@michaeldavidhurd2066]

Loved this interview. Toni is an absolute superstar. She deserves to pushed like one ⭐️

[@robertkrupar5367]

Good luck with that in AEW.

[@ironbassler747]

@@robertkrupar5367 OK WWE FANBOY.

[@robertkrupar5367]

@@ironbassler747 Who is reading 4 - month old comments? Only AEWsexual.

[@EmoEmu]

They really did a number on this poor woman. It's great that she had the wisdom to leave and that there's alternatives to working for Vince.

[@jakesorrentino7230]

Here’s the thing she decided to leave during a title feud. If she left while being in catering I understand that. I would think she knew no matter how she was booked she wouldn’t win the feud. That’s not how that works.While the pie thing was stupid they allowed Toni to do it back and not just be humiliated without revenge. I don’t have a crystal ball we’ve been programmed to believe she be forgotten after this but it’s just unfortunate.

[@rriggs6547]

@@jakesorrentino7230 Her leaving when in a title feud tells me just how unhappy she was. She was willing to leave while at the top. If she left when she was sitting in catering there would be a much better argument for sour grapes.

[@primocolon4936]

Ask Mustafa Ali how that’s working out, guy asks for his release and WWE is making him suffer for it. Toni Storm got out at the Right Time

[@2128jrandall]

She wasn't in a title feud. She was about to be fed to Charlotte Flair because they didn't have enough women on the roster to get between ppv's and they needed a stop gap solution.

[@stevekasan1575]

OMGoodness Renee that studio space is awesome! It is puzzling what happened to Toni because when she entered she has EVERYTHING to be a star/role player. Im glad she is in AEW adding to the division

[@Bradcheney]

Toni storm is simply amazing her happiness should always come first whatever comes next for her hope it brightens her all the happiness in the world

[@pagesegovia2026]

Toni Storm is probably the best Female wrestler in the world right now alongside Liv

[@joebirdwelljr629]

Love Toni. It is a shame about WWE and her. I believe she could have been a champ in that company. Happy to see she is with AEW. Hope they push her and make her champ..

[@JaystaBoo]

Renne ask’s all the right questions💯

[@FaceManBuddha]

She does not know how to interview anyone, she just bullshits and correlates everything to her own experience, which is moot in a real interview; further, she converses like a WOKE teen girl does, i.e., irritating and vapid.

[@RoyalRizzness]

I want a 3 person podcast with Toni, Renee and Sami Zayn LOLOLOL Idk why but that just popped in my mind

[@ardentstoybox8860]

I already loved Toni and after hearing this, she is my hero!

[@lucbordage7291]

"Timeless" Toni Storm & Renee Paquette, two of the ladies thriving on AEW. Awesome girls.

[@Itsthecreative]

It's weird, I still think of Toni as 21 year old she was when she started out. But after this interview, it's clear to me, she's really grown up. Really can see how much of a fan she is and how much the ups and downs of the main roster disillusioned her. Glad she's come out the other side. Also, can very much see why her and Juice go together. Very similar personality types, based off the interviews I've seen of both.

[@rriggs6547]

I watched he since she entered Stardom. Her matches there were often far better than almost all of her matches in WWE. She is so naturally charismatic and has worked very hard to be an outstanding technical wrestler.

[@TheDisruptiveOne]

You think of her in that age because she hasn’t really accomplished anything in a wrestling ring in 3 years. Some of that comes down to injuries. But she also never really connected even with the nxt brand.

[@Itsthecreative]

@@TheDisruptiveOne kinda similar to Becky in that sense. Was a respected worker and could see the talent she had. But hasn't kicked on to the next level. Took Becky 4 years from NXT debut to becoming "The Man". Maybe it's a similar story for Toni. Now in AEW she looks like she's on the cusp of finding her character. Just needs some more fine tuning.

[@elgringo6372]

open heart discussion, prowrestler telling they are happy to do prowrestling, and don't want toxic environment to work, it's life. thank you Renee to do your job this way.

[@fitzgerald434]

its crazy watching this now to her Timeless Toni Storm character. :)

[@FocusedOnGreatness]

When ya both said “Also like” at the same time it was like when my phone and my car’s Bluetooth synced 😂😂😂😂

[@mychaeljones7526]

25:04

[@JayBarkerBrownbear]

25:05, simultaneously "but also like" - I love how in sync these two are!

[@SnowDog0]

I feel the same way about the WWE, they drive wrestling fans away by trying to be bigger then what it is at it core.

[@Ucey365]

So Renee & CVV are both utilizing the same space. It works though, very nice setup.

[@9hk38f]

10:35 as a fan, I legitimately care for the well being of my wrestlers. I was very excited for Toni to be on Smackdown, But if she was not happy, I am glad she left.

[@edchanful]

renee seriously need have a session with sasha n naomi i cannot wait for that to happen

[@dodgyclare]

Renee got a fancy studio, wooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!

[@johnrobb8528]

Fans can share the feeling of Toni not being able to be invested when you can be fired at any moment for no reason whatsoever. As a fan who tried to enjoy NXT, the way that talent can be buried, released, completely changed overnight makes it hard to invest time to watch the wrestlers who could be your new favorites.

[@GretchenV95]

That’s the thing. Take Aleister Black for example. He had all these new vignettes ready and a complete new gimmick… boom. Released. A lot of these superstars are given whole new gimmicks with next to no time to get it over. It’s ridiculous.

[@johnrobb8528]

@@GretchenV95 #Butch!

[@draconian45]

Being unhappy at a job is the worst. The best thing is to leave and find happiness.

[@edgardogomez5122]

Honestly, the best way I can simplify Toni's words of Twitter and the reason I erased my twitter, Twitter is toxic.

[@wwesucks-q9o]

Wwe marks

[@danisafilthycasual]

Renee is so good at interviewing. Makes me wish I was good enough at something to be interviewed by her about lol oh well. So glad Toni is back in wrestling though, absolutely love her.

[@jhonadelic]

25:04 best part

[@mychaeljones7526]

Wow that's mature 🙂 (Edit: okay nevermind thought something else) lol

[@milapa3860]

renee is so canadian lol we always say things like yeah & 100% when people are talking to let them know we’re listening to them

[@Beavis665]

Good for her long time fan great interview as always 😄❤️

[@e93sports80]

And now Toni is women's champion in AEW.

[@officialsonic1]

its crazy how wwe can change people passion in wrestling of what they love similar thing happed with CM Punk and MOX

[@jamesgreywolf2837]

Favourite podcast ever I appreciate and love it 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@FadeAwayClan]

We need Toni back for a continuation of that last part of the interview bc holy shit she nailed it right on the spot with the social media bs

[@burntvirtue]

Toni you can relax now. They can't hurt you anymore. We ALL get it. We all have felt this way at a job at one time or another in life. We have all heard the endless stories for the last 15-20 years that are exactly the same as yours or worse. Life is way too short to put up with that.

[@zeedee6346]

As a fan I think about how frustrating the product is and people getting fired and no one able to succeed but a select few and I can’t imagine how it is for the talent. This dream you had that everyone knows about the stone cold and the rock everyone wants to have that success but they have to want you to win they don’t even let you have creativity

[@josceola8979]

Oh yeah I'm sure the Rock and Stone Cold talent and abilities had nothing to do with it. They were simply chosen LOL

[@roberto9787]

She's timeless

[@sofiadrosos1308]

Glad she was able to find her happiness again in doing what she loves. Great to see her thriving in AEW. Happy for her. This was a great conversation. 👍

[@bigdaddyroy5382]

Lol they let baker who is already over beat her clean. And now she's wrestling on aew dark. Yea really thriving

[@Vox_Doom]

@@bigdaddyroy5382 she gets to wrestle, she doesn't get micromanaged, she can do indie dates and she's happy. Sounds like she's thriving to me. Also, you do understand that wrestling on dark isn't a demotion, right? If you ONLY wrestle on Dark, sure, you're either enhancement or you're a prospect, but having matches on dark whilst also being on TV isn't bad. Hangman had matches on Dark, so did Britt.

[@bigdaddyroy5382]

@@Vox_Doom 1) dark is a demotion, it's the aew version of wwes velocity. And Britt baker needed those matches storm however doesn't. She's been wrestling over a decade almost before she got to wwe

[@Vox_Doom]

@@bigdaddyroy5382 Nah bud, dark is literally just dark matches they would put on anyway only they're filmed and put on KZbin. Everyone's been on it except punk. But you keep on standing up for wwe you good little drone.

[@bigdaddyroy5382]

@@Vox_Doom ur so delusional it's sad. First off sorry not a fan of wwe. So that blows your narrative out of the water. Secondly. Dark is no difference then velocity. They are both taped garbage matches that don't matter to the main shows. Anything else? Do u need tony khan Kool aid intervention? I'm sure I can find the # before you participate in the next Jonestown

[@TheeKingRayzor]

Toni Storm: "Shit I don't know." Renee Paquette: "I don't remember shit I don't know." 😆 🤣 😂

[@DGWCRASH]

Toni: yeah Renee: yeah Me: yeah 😂👍🏼♥️

[@jimkays1]

Renee it would be cool if you could interview kenny bolin he was a big deal back in ovw this was a tremendous interview love hearing her story ❤️

[@primekiller5729]

Watch for the shoe!

[@seanc546]

It's clear to me the WWE is never going to evolve into something that fans young and old can mutually enjoy, until the "old guard" and the non-wrestling writers, step out. The fact you keep hearing people say they enjoyed the NXT experience far more than the "Main Roster" experience points to Vince and his crew of writers who don't know the business.

[@Matchplains]

Now Vince runs nxt so everyone is fucked

[@twanmack2686]

The WWE weirdos are giving her such a hard time for leaving. I don't blame her. Do your thing Toni!

[@josceola8979]

Kinda like the aew cultists with Cody.

[@wwesucks-q9o]

​@@josceola8979kinda like wwe marks with jon moxley

[@josceola8979]

@Bbbnjjjn well you shouldn't be upset he's doing good for himself. 😆

[@wwesucks-q9o]

@@josceola8979 just like wwe marks no knowledge uneducated no brain 🤣

[@wwesucks-q9o]

@@josceola8979 bleeding is good ok

[@mringram]

Decent interview

[@harry31619]

I really like the way she has her hair

[@igotthatpma123]

It was the “also like” for me 🤣

[@mychaeljones7526]

25:04

[@VideoGaming4U]

By far my favorite episode

[@sOUnerfan]

My 10th grade coach. If you can make me not enjoy playing football, you're really doing something.

[@DaRealPatrickP]

Why is this only half the time of other Podcast of Renee's ?

[@jbfarley]

Nobody has a clue what you mean by that

[@DaRealPatrickP]

@@jbfarley That's a lot of ppl to talk for.

[@ao56]

I love this perspective Toni. Bravo, what a mature and insightful young lady. She probably saved some years of happiness considering the culture that is being exposed

[@bdubb1331]

Toni storm is god tier ⛈

[@Skullzy111]

Great Interview

[@josephramous731]

I love Toni storm she’s just so fucking cool the type of girl you could just chill n shoot the shit with plus she’s hotter then hell so that helps🤘

[@DavidRockvoice]

WWEs micromanagement can be seen and felt from the outside as well. Unfortunately it makes it especially hard for the more charismatic performers to shine. They think they can squeeze that out of everyone, but that's half-assed. Maybe enough for those who just attend to sing along with the entrance songs, but streamlined performances aren't the same like letting a natural talent loose. They reached a point were even the epic stages can't make up for it anymore. For a lot of Pro Wrestling fans AEW or New Japan may be more relevant these days.

[@clonevector]

Love you toni ♥ and good interview

[@TheAlmighty]

Why are all Toni’s interviews off?

[@charlesrocks]

I forgot how lovely Toni Storm is.

[@enemy_ofthe_sun]

She seems like a super cool chick. Killer interview.

[@superkid12345]

Was there backlash from fans when she quit? i remember the overall sentiment was mostly about how WWE dropped the ball with her.

[@Rootbeerpapi1]

She’s my favorite wrestler.

[@lilpoetat]

Thanks 🙏

[@DanielFitzpatrick713]

I miss the Gilda Radner photo in the background.

[@quentinmitchell4568]

Love the studio

[@SuperChampionRocker]

Watch for the shoe, Renee.

[@rriggs6547]

Thank you for this interview. She is one of my favorite wrestlers and I have followed her since Stardom. She is so talented at such a young age and is a far better wrestler than those pushed at the top of WWE. I am glad to see her get her love for wrestling back. I fully expect Toni to become one of the biggest female stars in the English speaking world. Can't lie. I would love to see Toni go back to Stardom to have some matches with Syuri and Momo and AZM and so forth. Io and Kairi as well.

[@kristybell9270]

Living her best life, love it!! Do you girl!

[@TRUMP_2024_PREZ]

JUICE 👹

[@keithyw]

Regarding the edict of wanting young talent and seemingly to contradict that stance with Toni Storm, the issue here is that they want controllable people. So actually those who have experience, strong opinions, etc. will do bad in this version of the WWE because the WWE effectively want puppets that fit a very specific mold. The fact that Toni saw that she could not fit that mold is good because she probably would've been lost in the shuffle in the long term unless she would play the corporate climber type and I feel she probably has too much integrity for that. But it's not an uncommon thing in large companies to see this trend in hiring practices. I remember Japan was like that for a long time where they would have a whole system with the Juuku (weekend school) where those entrance exams were more important than anything. Then once you pass those exams and get into a top ranked college, you could just effectively f-off until it was time to get hired by a company. And since there was that whole senpai-kohai relationship thing, I think the kohais would eventually get picked up. Didn't matter what their degree was in nor their grades at the end of the day because it would be on the job training and everyone would start off at the same level and very slowly work their way up. But they liked those kids because they knew they could mold them into the employees they wanted. The thing is that in an established company where you have lifer employees (like a Prichard, Ace, etc.) those people are the few that will be allowed to have opinions that matter. So if you're the type that is experienced, have a strong sense of self but don't have the leverage yet to make demands like a Cody Rhodes, it's going to be impossible to climb upward unless something special happens or the right person makes the connection. Instead, you have to look at a situation like that as a learning experience and move on. Luckily, we do have AEW so that Toni has alternative options. I still think we need more just so that the talent can have more options to pick and choose while being able to make money for a craft they love because the fact that she had doubt whether or not AEW would call is kind of sad.

[@bigdaddyroy5382]

Glad you brought that up about aew. Just saw something on KZbin. Toni storm a obvious top 10 female wrestler in aew now has a match on aew dark. And aews female champ can't even get on TV. But all the best to her. Hope she's happy and gets what she deserves

[@CallMeClarkson]

I wouldn't say controllable people, you do still have control of WWE, although not as much as AEW. There is still something you can do, NXT (Black & Gold) was great, it was way more free than the main roster. But yeah you're right.

[@anthonylucero6458]

Are you related to Camel Toe by any chance🤔

[@bigdaddyroy5382]

@@CallMeClarkson if aew was a publicly traded company they would be in the same boat as wwe. Especially in regards to tony khan. The board would replace him as the figurehead the way he acts in person and on Twitter

[@CallMeClarkson]

@@bigdaddyroy5382 I 100% agree with you on that.

[@ahmedalaa6439]

Renee ....one of the best tv and sports presenters and Toni one of the underestimated superstars because of WWE ....WWE keeps losing their stars and their shining 🌟🌟.....I follow WWE since 2006 maybe but I am sorry what happens to them now

[@TheDisruptiveOne]

I thought Toni was destined to be a future star after I watched her in the first Mae Young Classic. She seemingly had everything you need. But it never really worked out for her even in nxt and in nxt uk. I remember thinking wwe was crazy for going with Rhea Ripley over Toni in the nxt uk brand. (WWE was right and I was wrong with that decision!) and I was wrong about toni. She didn’t make it. It was too competitive and stressful and she left. I hope AEW will work out for her. Less crowd, less competition for top spots right now; more freedom to actually be a contractor. But I have to be honest and admit there have been some alarming appearances post wwe. So, hopefully she has things in order on the mental side of things.

[@TRUMP_2024_PREZ]

I LOVE HER ONLYFANS ❌️❌️❌️

[@studiotsunami3446]

RENEE!!! YOU GOT THAT STARBUCKS SPONSOR!!! 🔥😂

[@daisybelle1025]

A year non compete....bloody hell

[@cultureshock5000]

she is so unbelievably attractive

[@primocolon4936]

Toni Storm wants out and is granted her release which WWE granted hours later without hesitation Mustafa Ali asks for his release and WWE declines and makes him suffer for it on TV

[@mychaeljones7526]

Two syllables and one word: "Caucasian"

[@whumpdonkey2478]

They gave her release without hesitation because they were all laughing , here's this woman that is in a program with 1 of the GREATEST WOMEN'S WRESTLER OF ALL TIME in Charlotte " FN " Flair and she quits , ofcourse they let her go , why waste time on a someone that's not happy

[@theuntouchabletee4470]

regular Toni is ok but Timeless Toni is the goat lol

[@DaRealPatrickP]

I never heard Toni Storm talk apparently . Her voice is cool but different .

[@J_Wags]

I love Toni Storm, think she is in the top 5-10 in the business right now. However, this interview it was bad. I don’t know if she was f’d up during it or what because I don’t think she really answered a question she was asked but maybe once or twice.

[@Ahmed-og2jm]

Can you have more former wwe or WCW wrestling writer's as well i want their perspective and process

[@xanderwinkel]

I like that on these Renee Podcast you women are real and beautiful in speaking and looks wise and all not that botex shizzzz Women are so hot when they are natural . Renee the flow how interview peeps is so good .

[@theJovii100]

Nea be getting all the ☕️ tea

[@jamierobertson1898]

Toni you are a very cute lady and your husband is a very luck man it's good to see you in a better place I'm a big fan of yours keep it up keep Australia proud

[@angelocolonhezi7985]

She is so great good on you Toni Storm 👏👏👏😘😘😘

[@fiendlayer2475]

Love Toni!