Former WWE Superstar Tenille “Emma” Dashwood recently spoke with Brian Fritz of The Sporting News to promote her match against Sumie Sakai at this Saturday’s ROH: Supercard of Honor XII event in New Orleans, Louisiana. Featured below are some of the highlights from the interview.

On turning her release from WWE into a positive: “I was definitely surprised. I really enjoyed my match with Asuka at the pay-per-view, and that was the first singles match [on pay-per-view] that I had there. So I was definitely surprised when I found out, but it gave me almost like a launching pad to go out and wrestle for all these companies elsewhere. It was almost a reminder for the fans that I can wrestle. So it really helped me moving forward and I’m glad that I can wrestle everywhere now and the demand is there.”

On competing in the ROH Women Of Honor Championship Tournament: “In WWE and NXT I never gained the women’s championship, so the purpose of me being with Ring of Honor is to finally validate what I’ve done. The hard work, the hectic schedule and everything is to validate all of that and become the women’s champion. Then I want to take that championship and wrestle all over the world. … I want to go to places I haven’t wrestled yet and meet new fans and continue to branch out and take that women’s revolution all around the world.”

Check out the complete Tenille “Emma” Dashwood interview at SportingNews.com.

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