During an East Coast Autograph Auctions virtual signing, former WWE star Lana (CJ Perry) commented on an old photo of herself:
“These were my bulking days. Probably 2017-2018, I felt like if I could bulk up and look like Charlotte Flair, then maybe I could become champion. Unfortunately, it didn’t work out for me. You know, not everyone can be genetically superior and also have a famous father that is 16, 17 time (champion). His daughter is going to surpass him pretty soon.”
Lana also commented on being able to use her ring name:
“I own that. Owning ‘Lana’ is like owning the name ‘Mike.’ You can’t. In my contract, they own Rusev because it’s so specific, but they don’t own Lana because you can’t. I would rather come out as Lana because at the end of the day, I would rather just not come out with my real name.”