Paige on “I Had A Great Time At AEW, But My Heart Wasn’t In It. I’m A WWE Girl”

A recent episode of The Nikki & Brie Show podcast featured Paige as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Paige’s thoughts about her tenure in AEW and her appreciation of both AEW CEO Tony Khan and the company during her time there. Paige also gave her thoughts about how her heart wasn’t in it during her time in AEW and how it made her realize that WWE has always felt like home for her.

“Well, I did go to AEW, and I did have a great time there, but my heart wasn’t in it.

I feel like you could see that in my performance when I was in the ring and in my character. It was just like, ‘I’m a WWE girl, man.’ I love WWE.

So, yeah, I went there for a couple of years, and then we went our separate ways. It ended really, really great, and I have nothing but love when it comes to AEW and Tony [Khan] and stuff like that.

But when it comes to WWE, that’s just where I’ve wanted to be forever. I’ve been there since I was 18 years old. I gave my neck for this company, you know? I grew up here.”

Paige also gave her thoughts about her surprise return to WWE at this past April’s WrestleMania 42 event and winning the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship with Brie Bella at the event.

“It was the Monday before ‘Mania, and then I was like, ‘Okay, well, I’m gonna be in Vegas anyway because I’m gonna be doing my podcast and signings and all that kind of stuff so I don’t think it’ll look too strange if I’m around,’ but everyone was kind of guessing. Everyone was just like, ‘Oh, Nikki’s hurt. The only person that could potentially replace her would be Paige, right?’ So, people were starting to guess and then, the day of ‘Mania, I was supposed to go do a signing, and then the last second, they pulled the signing and got me to go to ‘Mania and I was like, ‘Well, that gives it away then’ because I had to cancel a signing… Also, we got so frustrated, because it leaked the day before… I was like, ‘We can’t have surprises anymore?’ It was the most frustrating thing ever, and we were just like, ‘Okay, well, we’ll just make the most of it. People are kind of guessing that I’m gonna be there anyway’ but the reaction… I get chills thinking about it, and I love that I got to do it with you guys, and hopefully get to do it with you (A.J. Lee) soon.”

Transcript h/t: F4WOnline.com, Fightful.com