{"id":87684,"date":"2021-03-25T14:24:06","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T18:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=87684"},"modified":"2021-03-29T11:23:36","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T15:23:36","slug":"red-velvet-officially-all-elite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/03\/25\/red-velvet-officially-all-elite\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Velvet Is Officially ALL ELITE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Cody Rhodes\u00a0<\/strong>announced on Twitter that <strong>Red Velvet<\/strong> has had her contract with AEW upgraded from its previous Tier 0 status, and that she is now All Elite.\u00a0 Many fans were expecting this news to come sooner rather than later after Velvet subbed in for <strong>Brandi Rhodes\u00a0<\/strong>in a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/03\/03\/shaq-cody-dynamite-showdown\/\" target=\"_self\">feud against\u00a0<strong>Shaq<\/strong><\/a> and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/02\/08\/jade-cargill-aew\/\" target=\"_self\">Jade Cargill. <\/a><\/strong>She also began to pick up a string of wins.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At The Crossroads <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AEWonTNT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@AEWonTNT<\/a> event squaring off against <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SHAQ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@SHAQ<\/a> &amp; Jade&#8230;Red stepped up in a huge way! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TonyKhan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TonyKhan<\/a> saw what over a million people saw that night and upgraded her contract. She\u2019s ALL ELITE now! Let\u2019s stir it up my friend. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1bJ2JVx280\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/1bJ2JVx280<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cody Rhodes (@CodyRhodes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CodyRhodes\/status\/1375144068666306572?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 25, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Red Velvet was brought in to AEW in June 2020 to be fodder on <em><strong>AEW Dark<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>AEW Dynamite<\/strong><\/em>. Despite having debuted in 2016, she was still somewhat rough around the edges but her charisma was apparent to see from day one. It wasn&#8217;t until October that Velvet got her first win and was seemingly taken under the wing of Brandi Rhodes.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lady Frost vs Red Velvet | AEW Dark 12\/1\/20\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yiKIY0BUBD0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When Rhodes got pregnant, Velvet was an obvious choice to step into the feud between Rhodes and the team of Shaq and Jade Cargill. The match itself removed all doubts that Velvet belongs in AEW as she performed well in a match involving two debutants. Now that she is under contract with AEW, Red Velvet is locked in as a future star of their women&#8217;s division. Her in-ring skills have improved so much in her short time with AEW and they can only get better going forward.<\/p>\n<p>[pickup_prop id=&#8221;5562&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. 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