Sonny Kiss Reveals Whether Being Trans Is The Reason For Her Absence From AEW TV
During a recent appearance on the “Our Queer Life” podcast, AEW wrestler Sonny Kiss commented on her thoughts on performing as a transfeminine wrestler, whether being trans has influenced her absence from AEW TV recently, and more.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On the effect of her identity on her wrestling work: “Kind of. There have definitely been some shifts in the booking. It happens naturally. It’s not even always about that. I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I thought sometimes it was about that.”
On if being trans influenced her absence from AEW TV recently: “I understand why they would say that, but Tony Khan is a very fair boss and is all for equality. When I go back to thinking about that, he hired me, not because I was who I am, but because I’m a damn good wrestler. Obviously, things are going to go through your head all the time. Being a normal human being, we all have these mental health crises. In all actually, if he didn’t want me in the company, I wouldn’t be there.”
On if she could be considered a diversity hire at AEW: “A small part of keeping our jobs or having jobs is definitely a diversity thing, for sure, but I’m going to that say; AEW in particular is not going to hire you just because you’re that. They’re not going to keep you just because you’re that. It’s great to have, but it’s also great to have them when they have talent and we all do.”
In other news, Cara Noir suffered several injuries at a PROGRESS Wrestling show back in April. Noir took to Twitter today to provide an update on his injury. He wrote,
“Today I met with specialist orthopedic foot surgeon Mr. Nima Hiedari. He was very direct with me which was extremely helpful, but I’m also slightly struggling to process his diagnosis.
He told me I have sustained a devastating injury to my mid foot. I have four fractures and a number of bone chips which were caused through a major dislocation to the cuboid bone.
Mr. Heidari suspects he’ll be able to operate in the next two weeks, but the prognosis is not great. It will be 3 months before I can weight-bare again and a year to get back to loaded dynamic moments. It will not be clear for another 12 months if I’ll be able to return to wrestling or not.
Mr. Heidari is now consulting with an expert radiologist, and his surgical partner, to make a plan for my surgery – I should know more next week regarding a surgery schedule.
I’m obviously devastated, but again I’m extremely grateful to you all for your support.
For context, Mr. Heidari was formerly head of orthopedics at the Royal London hospital, the hospital that originally misdiagnosed my injury in A&E, and where I’ve struggled to get appropriate treatment for the past 14 weeks.
Mr. Heidari no longer works at Royal London due to the difficult conditions the NHS is currently experiencing, so your support is a massive lifeline at a time when there would be little hope of a return to wrestling for me if I was at the mercy of the NHS.
Thank you again.
Tom”
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