Divine Dominion on Origin of Their Tag Team Name, Their Bonding Over Some Of Their Inspirations Being Chyna & Beth Phoenix, Megan Bayne’s Entrance Headpiece, Penelope Ford’s Sprained Ankle Injury, & Praise of Kyle Fletcher As Future Great Star in Wrestling

A recent episode of the AEW Up Close show featured AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions Divine Dominion (Lena Kross & Megan Bayne) as the guests. One of the topics discussed included Bayne’s thoughts about the origin of her and Kross’ tag team name.

“Yeah, I think Divine Dominion was just very fitting. There wasn’t much to discuss about it.”

Bayne also stated that they came up with the tag team name themselves instead of it being something that came from somewhere else like Twitter.

“No, we came up with it ourselves.”

Bayne also gave her thoughts about how her and Kross bonded over being inspired by the same women’s professional wrestlers.

“Well, I think that one’s an easy one, and actually, I think that’s one of the biggest things that we have in common. I know the both of us kind of bonded over some of our inspirations being obviously Chyna and Beth Phoenix. I feel like Chyna was someone who set and challenged the gender norms for Beth Phoenix, I feel like she was someone who put a different look on what a diva can be. I feel like she was such a dominating presence and she was such a legitimate, skilled in-ring wrestler, but she also looked good while she did it. And I feel like that’s something that I and both of us aim to do is we want to tear people apart, but we want to look pretty while we do it.”

Bayne also gave her thoughts about her headpiece she wears on shows and entrances for her matches.

“Obviously as is, I’m a very commanding presence. But adding the headpiece just immediately demands even more attention from the moment I walk through the curtain. However, I do think that it’s more than, just this decoration. I think it represents strength and choice like that of obviously a Valkyrie deciding who will live and who will die in battle. That’s what I get to do. I get to decide who will survive the Megasus.”

Bayne also gave her thoughts about how her headpieces can be hard to travel with so some remain at work instead.

“I keep some of them at work. Some of them, it is difficult to travel with. That’s not an easy thing to travel with. It’s an ongoing battle I have.”

Bayne also gave her thoughts about Penelope Ford suffering a sprained ankle injury this past March being a “huge change and very upsetting” but she knows Ford will continue to be supportive of them on the sidelines.

“Obviously, this current situation to me is a huge change and it’s very upsetting. But Penelope is an athlete, as we all are. So she knows that this sport comes with a lot of risk and you can’t always avoid injury. It’s never welcomed, but it’s not always avoidable. So I’m obviously upset to not have her by my side. Basically, since I debuted here, full time, we’ve been alongside one another. But at the moment, I think her focus just needs to be on getting back healthy, healing up at home, and my focus is going to remain at keeping the rest of the roster in line. I know that even if it’s temporarily from the sidelines, she’ll be supportive.”

Kross gave her thoughts about her becoming Bayne’s new tag team partner replacing Ford and how she feels it is a privilege for her.

“Pressure isn’t a problem. It’s a privilege. I know exactly who I am. I know that this is exactly where I’m supposed to be. Some people might say I got it too early, but what I’m doing is proving exactly why I am here and exactly why I am one half of the AEW Women’s Tag Team Champions.”

Kross also gave her thoughts about her praise of Kyle Fletcher over her belief that he will become “one of the greatest” wrestlers in the future.

“I mean, he like the last year, he has proven again and again why he will be one of the greatest. He’s still so young and he’s a freak. He’s up there with the best right now, and him in five-ten years is going to be insane.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5