Kris Statlander


Kristen Stadtlander is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Kris Statlander. In addition to being signed to All Elite Wrestling, she performs on the independent circuit.

Early life and training

Statlander was born in West Islip, New York on Long Island. After working professionally as a stunt double, she began her professional wrestling training under Pat Buck and Curt Hawkins at the Create A Pro Wrestling Academy in Hicksville, New York in 2016. Statlander later became the first female graduate of the academy.

Professional wrestling career

Statlander made her professional wrestling debut in November 2016.
Statlander made an appearance for WWE on the April 9, 2019 episode of SmackDown Live, teaming with Karissa Rivera in a losing effort against the then-WWE Women's Tag Team Champions Billie Kay and Peyton Royce. Later in June, she competed in an intergender match against Joey Janela at an event for the Beyond Wrestling promotion, in a losing effort.
Statlander made her debut for All Elite Wrestling on November 27, competing in a tag team match alongside Big Swole against Riho and Britt Baker on AEW Dark, where Statlander and Swole were defeated. In December, AEW announced that Statlander had signed with the promotion. Following her signing, she defeated Baker on the December 18 episode of AEW Dynamite to become the No. 1 contender for the AEW Women's World Championship. She made her final appearance for Create A Pro Wrestling, the promotion under which she trained, on December 20. Statlander competed against Riho for the AEW Women's World title on the January 8, 2020 episode of Dynamite, where she was defeated due to interferences by Brandi Rhodes, Awesome Kong, Mel, and the debuting Luther. She received another opportunity to compete for the title on February 29, 2020 at Revolution, this time against new champion Nyla Rose, where she was once again defeated.
In June, Statlander suffered an ACL injury during an episode of Dynamite.

Championships and accomplishments