“They had a different plan” Paige VanZant reveals that she was in contact with WWE before joining AEW
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MMA athlete Paige VanZant finally has her footprints in the world of professional wrestling. It has been a long time coming, but she’s finally here. In a recent interview, she revealed that she was in contact with WWE headquarters before inking the deal with AEW.
Paige VanZant considered joining WWE but they had a different plan
Paige VanZant has been training and preparing herself for professional wrestling as she bid goodbye to her MMA career. She appeared on SiriusXM’s Throwing Down with Renee & Miesha with Renee Paquette and Miesha Tate to address her current pro wrestling training. The MMA fighter revealed that she has previously visited WWE Headquarters, but that the ideas given did not fully meet her expectations.
She was well aware that she would join pro wrestling one day and she was confused between WWE and AEW as she has been a fan of both the promotions. She had a discussion with both the companies and eventually settled on a decision.
“I did know that my career would take me into pro wrestling eventually,” Paige explained. “I wasn’t sure what venue that would be, if that would be WWE, or if that would be AEW. I’ve been a fan of both. So I actually did make it out about a year ago to the WWE Headquarters. You know, they had a different plan for what they wanted for me, whereas AEW I am so excited that they were happy to partner with me and let me continue to fight MMA, continue to do bare-knuckle boxing. They are really honestly on board to just build my career, build me as a wrestler, and still let me be myself.”
Paige VanZant also noted that she is still learning the fundamentals of pro wrestling and hasn’t found it difficult yet. She did admit, though, that as a natural athlete, picking things up has been rather simple. Now that she has joined AEW, things are about to get spiced up and it would be great to see the former MMA athlete in AEW’s squared circle.
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