In an interview with Digital Spy in the United Kingdom, WWE Divas Champion Paige discussed AJ Lee’s return to the company, how NXT has revolutionised the company from a wrestler’s perspective, Emma joining the main roster and more.
Highlights of the interview are below:
On AJ Lee returning to the company and demanding a rematch: “If she does come, great, I can’t wait, because then it gives me more competition and I know she’s going to be coming straight after me. She’s going to be full of anger and she’s going to be better than ever. The girls so far have given me a great fight. Alicia Fox on WWE RAW recently really stuck it to me, but then I still came out victorious. Tamina’s always been very dominating so I’ve really had a good run so far so I look forward to AJ Lee one day.”
On how much NXT has revolutionised the company from a wrestler’s perspective: “NXT as a whole is fantastic. When I first started we didn’t have the TV, we had to try and start again and build our brand and no one really knew us. We were doing the live events and training every day. When Triple H took it over and made it his baby, he really, really jumpstarted it for us. I got a large fanbase just from NXT itself, it’s an amazing brand, NXT’s really, really helping, everyone really enjoys it, it’s a really short show and it’s full of wrestling and people love the wrestling side of things too. They get what they want on RAW, they get what they want on NXT, I think it helps having NXT, you get to see the young talent before they come up here, it’s great for everyone.”
On Emma’s debut on the main roster: “Emma is incredible, first of all. I really enjoyed every single match I had with her and she deserves everything that she’s getting so far, she’s really, really working hard, she’s definitely a workhorse, she’s just really happy. People have seen what she can do, but not what she’s so freaking fantastic at, it’s good that people are seeing it bit by bit. If we just saw it all in our face already, people are going to get tired quickly, the way she’s growing at the minute, she’s doing great. You have’nt seen the best of her yet, definitely not.”
On who she would wrestle if given the opportunity: “Non-wrestlers, it’d be Ronda Rousey, because she’s a badass and she’s a big wrestling fan anyway. Wrestling-wise, I’ve wrestled a lot of the girls that I’ve really wanted to like Natalya and Emma, I’d love to wrestle Lita and Bull Nakano is one of my big inspirations.”
The interview is available in full at this link.
