Paige VanZant's AEW Debut Has Wrestling Fans Sounding Off
Ring Ready
.@paigevanzant is ready for a FIGHT!#AEWDoN pic.twitter.com/cnOi2MINXZ
— FITE (@FiteTV) May 30, 2022
One person wrote: "Still to green but with training she will be awesome." As time goes on, VanZant will get more comfortable in the ring.
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Paige Van Zant makes Jade Cargill look like Bret Hart. #DoubleOrNothing
— Junkie (@wwe_wwf_Junkie) May 30, 2022
One person responded: "Come on, she ain't that bad. Jade is the bottom on the barrel in the ring, there is no way she's that bad. I think she a fighter pulling her punches, it always looks bad. Definitely isn't ppv ready."
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New girl on the roster. ✨📸 @AEW pic.twitter.com/d6nqTz8KGz
— Paige VanZant (@paigevanzant) May 30, 2022
One fan wrote: "People are not talking enough about how impressive PVZ looked at DoN last night."
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I've seen enough future champion pic.twitter.com/CUjjcqwXzt
— Dotty ✌︎ (@CertifiedCocoa_) May 30, 2022
One person said: "Impressed and very good match Paige. Definitely can see you as a Future AEW women's champion!! Hope you get a singles push.
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Idk #paigevanzant about this career opportunity 😂 😂 might wanna give the @ufc a callback 🗑 👎 pic.twitter.com/TLN40cV1hj
— ! maʞℰ d̸opℰ Musik 💥 (@200FLAIR_) May 31, 2022
One fan wrote: "I dunno if the shotgun cocking thing with your arm is something you usually do because I'm not in the know, but that was cool."
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Paige Van Zant looked better than I expected, but she's obviously in need of more training and experience. This was a fun match by the end. They managed to get a dead/leaving for a break crowd interested in it by the end. ***½
— Maaz M. (@gazingdarkness) May 31, 2022
One Twitter user said: "This was one of the best MMA to wrestling debuts I've ever seen. Even the fighters I grew up with, Ken Shamrock and Dan Severn took months to adjust to wrestling after being on TV."
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Very solid debut! The timing of some moves looked a little over telegraphed, but that happens with all new wrestlers. I can't wait to see how you evolve from here. I can see you possibly surpassing Ronda Rousey at some point.
— Cutlass_Stallion (@CStallion619) June 1, 2022
And this fan wrote: "You looked like you were having fun. You had a great debut match! Hopefully you had fun and maybe we see you against or with Jade Cargill in a year. Britt Baker in the second year. Hopefully you find happiness in this now that you don't have to get a concussion to make $$$."
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