A lot can be learned from the video at the bottom of this post about the new Diva’s Champion – Paige, but first let’s look at the promo for the pride of British Independent Wrestling that was shown this past Monday on RAW. An amazing accomplishment is shown, as she stunned AJ to become the new champion after AJ’s run of almost 300 consecutive days.
The impressive part of this young new talent, in my opinion, is her back ground growing up in the Indy Wrestling scene with her entire family being a part of “the business” and that business being the sole income of both her mother and father.
You may not know this about me, but I cover a couple of local Indy organizations here in Central Indiana. I get a behind the scenes look at what goes on before, during and after a show is being done. Watching the video at the bottom, at least the parts where they are doing a show, is almost identical to how things are at Hoosier Pro Wrestling and New Era Wrestling here in Indiana.
Another part of what I like about Paige is the way she likes the wrestling part of the business way more than she likes the diva part. This quote at the 41:55 mark of the video says a lot about who she is and where she comes from,
“…over here it’s like wrestling and the way you look as well, so you have to, it’s like they say it’s T and A – tits and ass, that’s what we are there for and I want to change that. I want to be the wrestler as well, that’s the whole part of me coming over here so I can at least change that – take it back to The Attitude Era.”
That will be music to the ears of the fans who have long been tired of the PG version that the WWE has put on in the last few years. As you can tell from the Indy scenes in the video, wrestling takes precedence and to say that the Divas division needs that is a major understatement.
For those who have complained about Paige getting an unjust push, I challenge you to watch this video and say that she hasn’t worked for everything she has and that if you really like wrestling (or wrasslin’ as some people call it) more than “sports entertainment” then you have to be excited about the future of this young British bombshell.
Paige has the looks, but even better she has the moves in the ring. Several of the current Divas that are more athletic and trained in the business should benefit from Paige’s style. Myself, I’m looking forward to seeing her work with Natalya, another wrestler first – diva second. Give them a 10 + minute match and I’m thinking our jaws would drop.
For our fans from Great Britain, you should be very proud of Paige! She’s new to the WWE, but you’ve known what she has for a long time. Thanks for sharing her with us.
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