In PWPonderings’ latest exclusive interview, Allie Katch (@AllieKATCH) sits down with Scott Mitchell (@scott44mitchell) to talk about her upcoming match with Trevor Outlaw at Freelance Wrestling, her time at Freelance Wrestling so far, Laynie Luck, Beyond Wrestling, WWR+, Amity LaVey, Sammi Chaos, F1RST Wrestling, and much more. Watch it in its entirety down below.

On Friday, you will be going one-on-one with Trevor Outlaw for the Freelance World Championship at the big “Freelance vs. The World XII” event. What is your mindset heading into this match?

“I’m not looking past Trevor. He is the champion, on paper, sure. But it’s more so, I’m looking at it like, I’m just so happy and grateful to be a part of this 12th anniversary show. I’ve been training for 11 years, so 12. It’s almost as long as I’ve been around. Allie Katch. Allie Kat. Whatever has existed. From very early on in my career, when I moved to the Midwest, Freelance is somewhere I always wanted to be. Those are the people I wanted to be around. Logan Square is a big historic venue, and it’s somewhere I’ve always wanted to wrestle. So, like, to be the main event, on the anniversary show, at Logan Square, as we’re talking now, it’s about to sell out. It’s like 20 tickets away from being sold out. I’m sure when people see this, it will be sold out already. I’m sorry if you didn’t get a ticket. Everything works out, and I’m where I’m supposed to be. If I can go back and tell Allie that she was doing like 10, 14-hour drives, like, ‘Hey, you are going to be a star that headlines a place that you’re a transplant at.’ Trevor has made it very clear that I am an outsider. So, the fact that I get to be the main event here and am expected by all the Freelance people, it means the world to me. I’m using that as my superpower going into this match.”

What has it been like for you to watch Trevor Outlaw as the Freelance World Champion these past few months?

“I mean, the reign of terror has existed long before he was champion. He’s been a pain in everyone’s ass for months and months and months, and so has Frank. Now, he is a champion. So, he feels like it’s all worth it and he’s allowed to be the way he is. Which is just, I hate it. The way he acts around the fans, around the locker room, it’s just not warranted, and that’s another reason why I immediately cashed in. I want to end this as soon as possible. He waited for so long. That’s one thing I don’t understand. If you think you’re so big, and you’re so bad, and you have a medallion and you won this and you won that, and you had all these chances to become champion, why did you wait so long? I won. Immediately, next show, I’m taking that title from you, and I’m here to restore Freelance immediately to what it should be.”

The last time you challenged for this title, you came up just short against Devon Monroe in November of 2025. What was it like to work with him?

“Getting to fight Devon, for the Freelance World Championship, it was a month into me being back, I think it was in November of last year, it was very high stakes for me. It was like, I’m already being put into championship opportunities less than a year after breaking my leg, a month after coming back to the ring. It was very, I don’t want to say stressful, but there was a lot on the line for me. Yes, a championship opportunity is a huge thing, and to be a champion and win a title. Truly, it was like, I’m being tested, and people are testing me to see, ‘Is she going to be the same wrestler? Is she going to be a worse wrestler? Etc…’ I was very in my head about that match with Devon. Devon was a better wrestler that day. But, I feel like if I had caught Devon on a different day, if I had caught Devon now as champion, I think I would have won. Not because Devon isn’t a good wrestler, and isn’t one of my favorites, but because now I have so much more confidence after being back in the ring for a few months and seeing what I’m capable of. Knowing Devon for the past few years and seeing each other in the Midwest and seeing each other at all these different places, and seeing Devon get to be a star on all these different platforms, he deserves to be. I love it. When I win, Devon, baby girl, you can have the first shot at my title.”

Despite coming up just short, you decided to test yourself in the Freelance Rumble back in May, which you won. What was this moment like for you?

“It was sick. I don’t know if there’s any poetic or smart way to say it, but it effing ruled. Again, there’s like an energy, something about Logan Square. It translates when you watch it, but nothing beats literally being there as a fan or as a wrestler. So, Devon and Cole, we were the last three. Those are two of my friends, and those are two people that I want to see succeed as well. No harm, no foul. Legitimately, I feel like I won by the skin of my teeth. Like, I won, it wasn’t a fluke, I did a lot of work, but had Devon not been pushed off and fallen, maybe it would’ve been us two. Maybe I would have been thrown over by Devon, I don’t know, we don’t know. But it’s why I feel so indebted, and when I prove that I am World Champion, and I win the World Championship, I want to give Devon an opportunity. I feel like Devon hasn’t even had an opportunity at regaining the title now that Trevor has a monopoly on it. I want to be a fighting champion. I want to be a fair champion. That started at the rumble, and that’s going to keep going tomorrow, and it’s going to keep going in August, September, etc… I am going to be at Freelance until the wheels fall off.”

Looking ahead, what are your goals at Freelance Wrestling? Do you have anyone specifically on that roster you’d love to square off with?

“At Freelance, once I become champion, I want to defend against whoever, every month. I want to give everyone a chance. There’s never really a like contender’s matches, or etcetera, so send me whoever. I didn’t have to win anything to get a shot at Devon in November. So, I’m ready to wrestle anyone on the roster that hasn’t maybe been given the opportunity to shine, that maybe people don’t know, they’re up and coming, a student doing really well. I’d love to wrestle Laynie again. Laynie and I, I feel like we started together, we’re like a litmus test for each other. Every time we meet, we’ve grown, and I feel like we’re neck and neck on wins and losses. A single with Laynie at Logan Square would be sick. Whenever Kylie Rae can come back, that’s someone I’d immediately move to the front of the line. Those are the people who immediately come to my mind.”

You did get to square off with Laynie pretty recently at WWR+. What was it like to work with her and put on an incredible match?

“It’s very cool. I’m very excited that the ID program has allowed her to come to the northeast more. It’s like an area that is very sporadically she comes to. She is my friend. It’s cool to be able to do shows with her, work with her, and sometimes wrestle her. We got to do that match at WWR+. We have to be in a team at St. Louis Anarchy. It’s just fun getting to do this with your friend. Part of the reason we do this is that you’re supposed to be having fun doing it. If you’re not, why are we doing it?”

You recently worked with TJ Crawford at Beyond Wrestling’s big event, “Pain Olympics.” What was this one like for you?

“That was my first time at Ralph’s, and it was. It was such a cool vibe. There was a hot dog-eating contest right before the show started that I watched and was a part of; I didn’t eat the hot dogs, though. But, yes, it was hot, but I’m from Texas, so it’s fine. The clouds came in, and there was a nice breeze. It was so chill. I didn’t care. The sun was gorgeous. The photos looked incredible. TJ, that was our first time one-on-one. I want to do it again. I need to do it again. I saw the footage. I’m sure everyone else saw the footage. Bro held on to the ropes. I’m so annoyed that I had a very important match the next day, and I had a loss on my shoulders. So, that wasn’t fun. But I knew the loss was not my fault. It wasn’t the referee’s fault either. I’m not going to hold it against him either. But TJ, it just sucks. I think he’s so talented, and he’s so good, but he just resorts to crap like that, just like Trevor does. You can be great, but you’re just good because you do things like that.”

We also got to see you and Laynie Luck team up to battle Amity LaVey and Sammi Chaos recently at WWR+ “Food Fight.” What was this match like for you and working with Amity & Sammi?

“That was fun tagging with Laynie, for sure. The venue that day was definitely not my favorite. Nothing wrong with it. But you just had like six food vendors making food all around you, and it was very warm, very hot, and it was 15 degrees warmer there than it was in the locker room. In hindsight, now, it makes sense. We were around all the food. But, it’s cool just getting to hone in more on Laynie and me as a tag team. I’ve been in many tag teams. I love tag team wrestling. So, getting to flex my tag team brain, no matter who it’s against. Amity and Sammi, I think they’re an up-and-coming tag team, and it would be cool to see what else they can do.”

You’ve been becoming a bit of a mainstay with Beyond Wrestling. What has it been like for you to just get to be a part of the promotion and work with some of the best talent we have here in the northeast as well?

“It’s cool to be a part of it. Beyond is another place where, when I first started training, I was watching all the clips on YouTube and any matches that I could find online. Again, it had an energy, an aura about it. It had all the top people. All the top people were getting made there. I’m from Texas. You see Keith Lee get big at Beyond, and all these things. It was always a goal to do Beyond, and I did it sporadically. But now that I live in the Northeast, I have the privilege of getting to be a part of an indie like Beyond that has such an insane history. It’s very cool getting to be a part of Beyond shows and Wrestling Open shows. It’s cool, as someone who’s done a lot of intergender, as well, to be a part of Beyond. That is the place that I feel like was very much at the forefront of pushing intergender matches and making them very, making them serious and making them a thing that was just professional wrestling and nothing more than that.”

This weekend is truly insane for you, as the very next day, you head to House of Heat Wrestling to put your House of Heat Women’s Championship on the line against Ashlyn Alexander. What’s your mindset heading into that match?

“Originally, I was supposed to wrestle Laynie, so I was prepared for that. But a few weeks ago, it got changed. Which is fine. I take on any and all challengers. But now it’s like, okay, I have to have a completely different strategy with her. I’ve seen her at Anarchy. She’s making her way through the Midwest as I did. I totally understand who she is and what she does. I feel like we have a lot of similarities in the ring. But I am the champion. I had to go through three matches just to win that championship in one day. She is still fairly new. I have a lot of time and experience over her. So, I know that I will be the champion by the end of the day on Saturday. But, I will enjoy getting to know Ashlyn in a new way.”

You will also be in four-way action, with Emily Jaye, Zayda Steel, and Izzy Moreno,  for the PWJ Women’s Championship on Sunday as PWJ returns to Ridgefield Park, NJ. What’s your mindset heading into this one?

“This is, I think, I’ve only done four-ways at PWJ. Which is very funny and crazy to think about. I’ve only done PWJ four-ways. Last show, I won. I pinned Gabby, and I won the four-way. I think that warranted me a shot at Emily Jaye, and it’s taken weeks and weeks and weeks for PWJ to finally put me on the show and put me in the match. I don’t know what took so long. As I deserve to have a shot at Emily, now I’ve just been inserted into it. Which means I’ll just have to work hard and win another four-way. The first time I wrestled there, I lost, but I didn’t get pinned. The second time, I won. This third time, it doesn’t matter who I pin; I will walk out as a champion in another place. I don’t want to say I’m in my belt collector phase, but I’m not playing games anymore. I want to show people I’m very serious and I should be taken seriously as a competitor and as a champion. So, I love Zayda, I love Izzy, I love Emily; it’s nothing personal. That’s all I’ll say.”

You also took part in the Girl Fight Wrestling “Spill The Tea” event as the main evented against Gabby Forza. What was this match like for you, and to be a part of this event?

“I’m so stoked about Girl Fight because it’s something that I want to do. It’s literally women’s wrestling run by women. There’s no man involved. I’m so sick of women’s promotions run by men. I’m so sick of men in women’s wrestling. The fact that it is Allysin Danger, who’s the producer and agent. You have Billie, who’s a child, but Billie and her mom are helping run this. It’s all women from all promotions, all walks of life, in one locker room together. Billie and her mom, they take such good care of us. And, they take care of the community. It is literally, that is what I want to do. When I become a millionaire, I will have Girl Fight East Coast, I don’t care. I will open up my own, Girl Fight Texas, whatever it has to be. I don’t care. I will open up my own Girl Fight and do exactly what Billie is doing. Number one, it’s so great to be a part of that and help support it and to be the main event, even though neither of us was the Girl Fight Champion, and she’s defending her ETU Coast Crown Championship, rules. I never worked at ETU. I’ve never wrestled there. But I’d love to, if they ever want a new champ. I say that as I lost to Gabby, which is, maybe, I should reel it back a little bit. Gabby pointed out to me that this is the ninth time we’ve wrestled, which is crazy to think about. Gabby has only been wrestling for 3 years, or so, right? 2, 3, 4, and I was injured for almost a full year of that. So, the fact that we were able to cross paths so many times and you still don’t know what way it’s going to go because of how much we both keep growing as people and as wrestlers, it’s cool, and it keeps you on your toes. I really thought I could have Gabby in this one. I lived in the Midwest for a while, and I know I had a lot of fans behind me there. A lot of the people knew me and liked me, and Gabby hasn’t been there as much. So, I thought, surely, surely, I could pull this one out. But Gabby continues to get better and better and harder and harder to beat and fight. Maybe I’ll see her at ETU. Maybe I’ll get another chance at ETU. Maybe Janai Kai will win. Maybe I can get Janai Kai. Who knows? Either way, women’s wrestling forever. I’ll fight all of those girls, all the time, anywhere.”

This past weekend, you defeated Ryan Cruz to become the new F1RST Grand Champion over at F1RST Wrestling. What was this moment like for you?

“I hate to keep repeating myself, but I don’t know. As a wrestler who came up in Texas, and you watched all of these places like Beyond Wrestling, Freelance, and F1RST, if you were a fan pre-COVID, and you saw the boom that all these places and the chokehold that some of them had on the indies, on the internet, etc. Not to say that they’re not as big still, there’s still an insane, hot, sellout crowd at historic venue, First Avenue, hello. But, to be a wrestler, I just want to be a part of these spaces, in these crowds, in those locker rooms, because guess what, all the people who worked there, they’re gone now. They’re on TV, AEW, TNA, WWE. So, it’s like, I want to go there because that’s where those people end up going. I want to be in these spaces where I can rub elbows with the ones who are going to teach me how to be the best wrestler. F1RST is another place where I can scroll through my DMs, seven years ago, and a young Allie is going, ‘Hello, I just wanted to say I’ll be moving to the Midwest, and I’d love to come…’ It’s so funny to see, like, I ended up getting where I wanted to be. This win, the Grand Champion, is truly indescribable. I’m the first women’s Grand Champion. It’s so cool to think about. It’s crazy to think about all the people who have come through those doors. I now get to say that I’m one of them. I get to look at the list of names and go, now it’s me too. Ryan Cruz. Another motherf**ker that I had to pull out all the stops to beat. He is like a Trevor Outlaw. I don’t know if you’ll see the footage, but I got hit with the title. It took two referees to finish this match. I had to overcome a million things just to call myself a Grand Champion. That’s why I’m so proud and consider myself so lucky. Devon was there. So many of my friends were there supporting me. I’m going to hold that day and that moment for so long. I’ve seen photos from it. Literally in all of the photos, I look like I’m in disbelief. I’m just like, ‘Are you sure? Are you sure? Me, really?’ So, I’m very excited to walk into SummerSlam weekend in Minneapolis and see what else I can do and how I can represent F1RST.”

Looking ahead for you, what are your future goals?

“I guess, right now, win the Freelance World Championship, and any other big stake matches I have coming up. I have a few other title opportunities coming up, so I’d love to just prove that I am the best wrestler in the match, in the room, in the company, etc. After I prove that to a lot of companies and a lot of people, obviously, my next biggest goal is to be a contracted wrestler on some sort of TV platform. I’m open to any and all that will come at me if they want me.”

Are there any future opponents you’d like to square off with?

“I’d love for Laynie to put the ID Championship on the line against. There are lots of people. Athena. Athena is one. I’ve never gotten to go with Athena as someone who watched her and looked up to her back in Texas. There are people in all companies, both independent and not independent. There are so many missed opportunities that have happened that I hopefully will get the chance to do in the next year or two. I don’t like the concept of dream matches anymore. Who is it a dream for? Is it a dream for you, the fans? Me versus Ruby, that was a dream for me. I don’t give a f**k if it was a dream for anyone else. It was my dream match, and I got it. Now that I’ve had the dream match, I’m open. Wrestling is the dream. Being a wrestler is the dream. To get to wrestle anybody, I’m happy.”