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During an appearance on Behind The Turnbuckle Studios, Deonna Purrazzo has this to say about her character development in AEW: “We’ve talked a lot about being a character versus being the real person and I think what misses for a lot of women’s wrestling is that character development. We’re not getting vignettes to explain who we are. We’re not watching the women interact with each other in backstage, real-life scenarios. And so when you don’t have that, the audience doesn’t invest…The AEW audience at this point doesn’t know who the Virtuosa Deonna Purrazzo is and we haven’t seen a vignette for me in, you know, 18 months, right? So if I get put on TV, they’re not going to want to be like, ‘Holy s–t! This is awesome. The Virtuosa!’ and cheering for me because we don’t have that relationship yet. So, I think across the board for women’s wrestling, it’s developing characters that people relate to or hate. And that’s what’s going to get us those storylines, and that’s what’s going to get us more time, and that’s what’s going to get us main events. But we need that character investment. Everyone needs that character investment, but, you know, we’re talking specifically about women.”
Word is that Rey Fenix was injured during the AAA tapings last night. He hurt his hand and was seen cradling it as he left the ring after his match.
NXT was live in Detroit, Michigan at the Fox Theatre. Here are the results.
Sean Legacy def. Tristan Angels.
NXT Tag Team Championship Match: The Vanity Project def. Tavion Heights & Elijah Holyfield.
Brooks Jensen defeats Harley Riggins.
Wren Sinclair & Kendal Grey def. Kali Armstrong & Chantel Monroe.
Street Fight: Saquon Shugars, Zilla Fatu, & Mason Rook def. DarkState.
EK Prosper & Shiloh Hill def. Kam Hendrix & Grayson Waller.
NXT Women’s North American Championship Match: Zaria def. Lizzy Rain and Izzi Dame.
CM Punk & Bayley def. Jackson Drake & Myka Lockwood.
At the event, CM Punk also announced that he is wrestling for at least five more years.
In an interview with Nine.com in Australia, Joe Hendry had this to say about his time in WWE so far:
“I’m very grateful for the position I’m in, but also have the hunger to go further and I want a whole lot more. I want to achieve everything in WWE. One thing that’s great about the professional wrestling business is you can evolve over time and I think I have other skills to develop and showcase. For me, that means looking within and asking what I need to bring to the table to get to that next level and here’s hoping the fans will follow me on that journey.”
The Creed Brothers, Jacob and Drew Kasper, have signed with All Elite Wrestling. They attacked the Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) and AEW World Tag Team Champions, The Young Bucks at Full Gear last night.
Sherilyn Guerrero won her first professional wrestling match at Reality of Wrestling yesterday. She defeated Mystii Marks reversing the Gory Special into a roll-up with a handful of tights. We would expect nothing less.
