Maria Kanellis Talks Being Fired From Trump on the Apprentice: Wrestling History
Prime Time with Sean Mooney
Prime Time with Sean Mooney
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🗓️ 13 February 2026
⏱️ 24 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Steve Fall. On today's episode, I'm talking to Maria. |
| 0:06.7 | Cadillis Bennett. How are you doing today? |
| 0:09.2 | Wonderful. How are you? |
| 0:10.4 | Oh, I'm doing wonderful talking to you because it's a dream. I get to talk to someone who used to interview the stars. |
| 0:17.5 | Now she is the star. It's quite a journey for you, I think, because let's start |
| 0:23.0 | from the beginning. Your first match in 2005 in the WWE was a, guess what, a lingerie pillow |
| 0:30.7 | fight. Ah, yes. And you can watch it on Peacock if you want to. It's there. Yes, it is there. But now women in all companies are main eventing pay-per-reviews. |
| 0:42.5 | We've had women main-event WrestleMania. |
| 0:45.0 | Now, what do you think triggered this movement of acceptance of women main-eventing shows, paper reviews, |
| 0:53.6 | having their own exclusive events? |
| 0:55.8 | Like, what triggered all this, you think? |
| 0:58.5 | So it's always been kind of up and down where, you know, they'll be those moments of, you know, |
| 1:05.8 | people being able to main event, women being able to make that, have that big spot on the show. |
| 1:12.6 | But honestly, I think that there were so many of us divas that were really fighting for more time, |
| 1:20.3 | more respect, more opportunities. |
| 1:22.8 | And I think eventually you just have to listen. |
| 1:25.7 | Not only that, but the fans were calling for it as well. They wanted to see what the girls could do. I mean, yes, there was a lot of us that came in from a modeling background, but there was also a lot that came in from the independent wrestling scene. So, you know, I think the combination of things is probably what made it happen and made that transition start. And I think we have a lot of |
| 1:47.0 | work to do, but at the same time, we've came a long way. So it's a exciting time for sure. |
| 1:53.1 | Yeah. And especially your time in the WWE when it was, you know, the Divis Division, it was a |
| 1:58.1 | butterfly belt. And I know and I know some people hate that belt and other people |
| 2:02.4 | love that championship belt. So really, what are your feelings on the divis division? As you brought |
| 2:08.8 | up, you said, you know, some people came from a modeling background and some fans will grab onto that |
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