Former UFC star Paige VanZant to make AEW ring debut at Double or Nothing PPV in six-person match
PAIGE VANZANT will make her in-ring debut for All Elite Wrestling at tomorrow’s Double or Nothing pay-per-view.
The 28-year-old former UFC star signed a long-term contract with Tony Khan’s company earlier this year.
She has made several appearances already, however, now she will be stepping between the ropes for match action for the very first time.
It was announced on Friday’s AEW Rampage that VanZant, TNT Champion Scorpio Sky and Ethan Page will wrestle Tay Conti, Sammy Guevara and Frankie Kazarian in a six-person tag match at the event.
And the stipulation is that if Page, Sky and Van Zant win on Sunday, Guevara and Kazarian can never again challenge for the TNT Title.
Speaking previously about VanZant, Sky is confident that the ex-MMA star turned bare-knuckle fighter has all the skills necessary to succeed in the tough world of wrestling.
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He told Throwing Down podcast: "She’s so new but she’s picking up on it so fast.
"I kind of watched some of the things.. [her] mannerisms, how she pays attention to the crowd and that sort of thing.
"She was just naturally doing [those things] and I was adamant [she'd succeed].
"I just kept pushing to Dan, I was like, ‘You gotta get her here. She’s good. She can do this’.
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"I think she’s gonna pick up on it really quickly and from what I heard, she is."
Paige showed off her acrobatic skills to her 3.1m Instagram followers recently, performing backflips and overall looking in great shape.
She's training with WWE legend Gangrel at his South Florida gym, where she was recently caught up in an epic rainstorm.
Scorpio Sky continued: "She’s training with Gangrel who’s fantastic.
"But you can’t teach personality, you can’t teach charisma, you can’t teach star power and that’s something she already brings to the table.
"She’s an incredible athlete, a badass, you know and I think she’ll pick up on the wrestling part very quickly.
"It’s gonna be great for AEW to grab another star.”
Paige has two fights remaining on her 2020 four-bout deal with BKFC, but lost out in her first two bare-knuckle contests.
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She recently wowed fans with cheeky belfie pics from a holiday to Miami as she took a well-earned break from training.
And after hitting back to Dana White over her UFC earnings, she's taken control of her own finances by launching her own OnlyFans-style account.