Paige recently caught up with Alicia Atout for A Music Blog, Yea? in Pittsburgh; you can read a few transcribed highlights and watch the full interview below:
Paige talks about taking and giving finishing maneuvers to her mother:
Oh yeah, the old ‘c*** punt’ is what she calls it. It’s not fun, and the fact that she can do that to her daughter—you’re cruel! She’s why I’m damaged; it’s her fault!
My old finish when I was wrestling was called the Ram-Paige—the first time I did it was actually on [her mother Saraya]—and I spiked her head so bad that she was kinda concussed. I’m pretty sure I got the hang of it after that.
Paige talks about her in-ring retirement and transition to Smackdown GM:
It was a surprise to me to because I knew it was coming, the week prior they said ‘this might happen…’ I lost my voice, and they said if you don’t get your voice back to make this announcement, you won’t be doing it at all. I was drinking tea, I was doing my best to get my voice back, but we managed to do it, which was great, and they texted me—I got a text from one of the writers—like ‘OK you have to stay here for Smackdown tomorrow.’ [And I was like] ‘Just let me be!’ It was like putting salt in the wound.
It was good. Once I turned up there Road Dogg was literally on my right and bombarded me like ‘this is happening. Be quiet, no one knows.’ And I was like ‘Oh, really, this is great!’ And then we walked out, and it was great; I get goosebumps from the crowd. They’re so supportive. I thought it was the end for me, and then it wasn’t. It was a beautiful beginning, I love what I do now.
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Paige on being called a good singer by some of her friends in the wrestling business:
I’m very low, it’s a wispy voice, but I can carry a tune to some songs. I wouldn’t say I was great, but it’s surprising.
I always sing Amy Winehouse’s ‘Valerie’, but also Kings Of Leon’s ‘Use Somebody’. That’s literally, if you look on the internet, always there—I’m always drunk on a karaoke stage—I wouldn’t recommend watching those. Come watch me live!
