Harley Cameron Credits Willow Nightingale For Helping Her Grow As a Wrestler

Harley Cameron has had quite the evolution in the ring over the past year, and she says that Willow Nightingale is a big part of her growth. Cameron had a great 2025, turning babyface to start the year and facing Mercedes Mone at Grand Slam Australia for the TNT Championship. She has since gone to team with Nightingale and winning the inaugural AEW Women’s Tag Team Championships.

Cameron and Nightingale spoke with spoke with Pario Magazine before this year’s Grand Slam Australia and Cameron was asked about her in-ring growth. She noted that Nightingale has been a big factor in that and talked about her improvement, noting that she feels the change in who her critiques from coaches have become different. You can see the highlights below:

On the Biggest Factor In Her Evolution As a Wrestler:

“She’s sitting right next to me. Willow Nightingale! “She likes to say I’ve put my own hard work in and I appreciate that — I have, I have. But I will say working alongside one of the absolute best in the world, definitely I would like to think has rubbed off on me. And I feel very lucky to be with someone that is showing me along the way the things that I have needed to learn, and continue to do that’s like, been imperative for my growth.

“And I think that — you know, if you compare where I am even in ring from now to a year ago, I definitely feel like a different performer. I feel like a different athlete, I feel like a stronger wrestler. And I will say, obviously working with someone like Willow, who is such an incredible and amazing performer in ring, has definitely given me a closeup consistent ability to learn and I think has attributed to my growth.”

On Looking Back On Her Growth:

“It’s a nice feeling to look back and just reflect and go, ‘Oh, okay. I can see the strides that I’m making.’ And I think that’s a beautiful thing about hard work, is that it like — repetition, you get better. And I think that I’m proud of myself for like not going, ‘Oh, okay. Well, I work here now and I can just like coast on it.’

“I feel proud that I’ve let everything just be an opportunity to like, ‘Okay, how do I top that? How do I top that?’ And I mean, it’s working out well because we are the inaugural Tag Team Champions. I think that speaks for itself a little bit.”

On If She Feels The Growth In the Moment:

“It’s interesting. I feel different in my matches. I like to watch my matches back with my producers and coaches at times, and just get feedback and critique. And I’ve noticed the critiquing change. It’s — no longer am I trying to figure out, ‘Oh, what should I do?; It’s more or less, ‘Okay, I know what I do well,’ and the consistency and then the creativity in each approach to it. Whereas I feel like for a long time, I was still finding my feet and figuring out who I was. I feel very sure of who I am and that’s a nice feeling. It’s a different — like I said, the best way that I can look at it and go, ‘Oh, okay. It’s changed,’ is the feedback is different.”

If you use any of the quotes in this article, please credit Pario Magazine with a h/t to 411mania.com for the transcription.