AEW Red Velvet Reveals How She Came Up With Her Ring Name

AEW star Red Velvet was interviewed this week on the “AEW Unrestricted” podcast. Velvet will team up with Cody Rhodes to face Jade Cargill and Shaquille O’Neal on AEW Dynamite.

Velvet’s stock has risen in the last couple of months and fans are slowly getting to know more about her. Here is what she said when she was asked about how she came up with her ring name:

“In college, I had my first life changing relationship. It put my life upside down and changed my life. It changed me as a person forever, so I went through this stage where I dyed my hair super red. I said I’m getting rid of everything in the past. I’m a new person. I had this red hair and my friends would say that was my alter ego. They were like, when Velvet switched modes, she’s like Red Violet.

A show came up asking for wrestlers and anyone can do it. I had to cut a promo. I went to my friend’s house and I was like, ok, I’m going to cut a promo. I’m going to be a wrestler. He said, ‘What is your wrestling name’, and he was a huge wrestling fan. I said, ‘Red Violet.’ He said, ‘Ew, That’s not good.’ I said, ‘I have nothing. That’s like my alter ego.’ He said, ‘You’re small, petite, spicy, you’re very elegant in the way you do things. Your hair is super red. Your skin is beautiful chocolate. You remind me of a red velvet cake.’

I said, ‘Ok, let’s wing it. Let’s use it.’ In the beginning, it was more of a comparison of what he said I was. I started putting some thought into it and as a person and my alter ego, how am I? It kind of all flowed. My sassiness and my sweetness because I am a really sweet person, but when you piss me off, I’ll give you cavities. Then the velvet, because I used to dance, so just like the way I started to move in the ring was very fluid and very elegant. Then it started taking off.

My trainer was making jokes about it and asked ‘Where are you going to come from?’ I’m like, ‘I don’t know, Florida, where I’m from.’ He’s like ‘How about straight out of your momma’s kitchen?, because that’s when Straight Outta Compton, the movie, came out and everybody was saying, ‘Straight outta this and straight outta that.’ He said, ‘How about straight outta your momma’s kitchen?’ I liked it and it took off and then now that is my whole persona, the kitchen, like, the oven is on. I’m going to stir it up.’

Red Velvet also talked about how she is preparing for the big match on AEW Dynamite, why it’s important for her to fill in for Brandi Rhodes, training with La Rosa Negra and Dustin Rhodes, why she wants a match with Serena Deeb, her engagement to Wes Brisco, what her parents have done to support her dream, and a lot more. The full interview is up now on all podcast streaming apps.