A Visit With The Virtuosa Deonna Purrazzo

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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The Virtuoso Deonna Purrazzo has arrived at AEW! She explains how and when her deal came together, what it was like to hideout backstage after sneaking into the building, and why it was such a dream come true to debut in New Jersey! She also details her history and experience with WWE and NXT, what the day-to-day was like during her time there, and why that almost made her give up on wrestling. The recent college grad talks about going to back to college during the pandemic, earning a Bachelor’s degree in History, and how she incorporated her love of history into her ring gear, music, and presentation. And she shares her thoughts on the JFK assassination! Plus, Deonna has stories from her time at Impact (now TNA) feuding with Mickie James, working with Toni Storm at Stardom in Japan, and rebuilding the women’s division in Ring Of Honor with Mandy Leon. STAY CONNECTED: TikTok: @ChrisJericho Instagram: @talkisjericho @chrisjerichofozzy Twitter: @TalkIsJericho @IAmJericho YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ChrisJerichoFozzy Website: https://www.webisjericho.com/

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0:00.0	Talk is Jericho,
0:03.0	Jericho, baby.
0:05.0	Talk is Jericho.
0:07.0	My heart.
0:08.0	Talk is Jericho.
0:10.0	Mama. Talk is me. So, uh, Perazzo is here.
0:16.0	Deona Perazzo, Perazzo, Perazzo, Perazzo,
0:19.0	Perazzo, gotcha.
0:21.0	It seems so Italian, right?
0:24.2	But you are here now in A.W. and it's amazing to have you.
0:28.0	And because you have literally been everywhere in the business.
0:32.4	Yeah.
0:33.4	I was thinking it's only a matter of time before you would show up here.
0:37.4	Five years in, but you are in AAW,
0:40.0	how did that all kind of occur?
0:42.1	So I knew my contract was coming up with impact and I just kind of felt like if it was time to leave it would be now.
0:49.0	If it was time to kind of like, if this was the territories, like now would be the time you leave right
0:53.7	and Britt Baker actually connected me with Tony Khan and we just got to talking and I
0:59.2	knew the first dynamite of the new year was gonna be in Jersey that's where I'm from so I was like that would be a dream scenario
1:05.0	dream come true if we could do that and it all worked out.
1:08.0	So you mentioned that like the old territories you would know when it's time to leave.
1:13.0	Yeah.
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