Paige Reveals How She Came To Manage Asuka and Kairi Sane

May 10, 2019

Former WWE Divas Champion Paige was recently interviewed by ComicBook.com to talk about several professional wrestling topics. During the interview, Paige discussed her new role with WWE after having her in-ring career ended due to injury. Paige initially pitched to manage Ronda Rousey, but was later called by Paul Heyman with the idea to manage Asuka and Kairi Sane as a tag team.

Here’s what she had to say:

I was sad, because I loved that [General Manager] role. I had such a good time with it and it pushed my boundaries a little bit because I had multiple promos in a day and I wasn’t used to that. So it really helped me grow creatively and professionally. But I was excited about another role. I was like, “Okay, no worries,” because I knew the WWE would take care of me.

They always do. I pitched to manage Ronda Rousey, kind of like the Paul Heyman-Brock Lesnar thing. And then also be with Asuka, because Asuka had trouble speaking on the mic sometimes. As much as she’s an amazing athlete, an incredible wrestler, and I was like, “I’ll help her, give me the microphone, I’ll talk for her.” And then Paul Heyman called me one day and said, “We have a great role for you. You can be the next me with these two women.” I was like, “Wow, what a crazy tag team, they’re incredible…. Absolutely, I’ll take it!”