Daria Rae opens up about her character in TNA Wrestling.
Daria Rae has returned to pro wrestling with a new home and a new nickname, the “S.U.I.T” (translation: Shut Up, I’m Talking). According to Rae, her presentation was a collaborative effort between herself and her manager, with Rae expecting the fans to boo her as TNA’s latest authority figure. And thanks to some additional help from Director of Authority Santino Marella, Rae achieved that during TNA’s debut on AMC.
“Me and my manager [came up with S.U.I.T. acronym],” Rae told WrestleZone. “We were brainstorming all night, weeks and weeks ago, and we kind of in tandem came up with a lot of the things you see as part of this character. There was lot of things that needed to fall into place for it to work. I was prepared to go in a different direction depending on the crowd reaction. I assumed, coming out as an authority figure, the crowd would boo me, because I’ve been hated for ten years, and I was the evilest of authority figures ever. So, I was like, ‘They’re gonna see right through this. They’re gonna boo me.’
“But Santino did a really good job with the way he presented it, and I came out smiling, attempting to make it work, and it worked, and I’m so grateful for that. Because then it gave me that cool moment to turn on them.”
Daria Rae Happily Embraces Her Role As A Heel
Now as a full-fledged heel in TNA, Rae helps oversee the promotion’s on-screen operations. Although in some cases, she asserts her own authority over Marella. Between it all, Rae says she’s thoroughly enjoying herself, because at the end of the day, heels simply have more fun.
“I think it’s a lot more fun to be hated than it is to be loved in the world of wrestling,” she said. “It’s the acting part, right? Yeah, I can go and act like myself, which would be much like our conversation right now. I’m a friendly, happy person. But it’s not as much fun as being able to put on this veil and be this character. So that’s what I take pride in. That’s what I have fun with. I channel some people in my life that I’ve known to get to that character. But, yeah, it’s just more fun.”
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