Paige Defends Controversial Comments on Fans Not Supporting Women Earlier in WWE

– Recently WWE’s Paige received some heat and online criticism for some comments she made in a recent interview this week with Gulf News. What drew the controversy is when she stated, “It was never WWE holding the women back. It was the fans not taking them seriously. They wanted to see more of the male characters many years ago. It was a male dominated sport.” Later on, Paige clarified her remarks on Twitter and defended her initial comments.

Paige went on to state: “Fans back then would call us toilet breaks. It was only when the girls, the female superstars took it upon themselves to change the way anyone perceived us. AJ (Lee), the Bellas, myself and the WWE four horsewomen all the superstars wanted to create that change. In reality what I said was it’s not all on WWE. Up until a few years ago women didn’t have the support from a lot of people.”

In response to a fan who told her that a lot of fans supported the women back then, she replied: “Absolutely you guys did. We loved that. But riddle me this, what about when the bra and panties matches were happening? Or when Michelle McCool, Gail Kim etc were busting their asses why wasn’t there an uproar then? All I’m saying is…it’s a two way street.”

You can check out Paige’s series of tweets below.

Absolutely yes. Fans back then would call us toilet breaks. It was only when the girls, the female superstars took it upon themselves to change the way anyone perceived us. Aj, the bellas, myself and the WWE four horsewomen all the superstars wanted to create that change https://t.co/h3h1Va4fXR

— PAIGE (@RealPaigeWWE) February 18, 2019

I know but people are sensitive these days. In reality what I said was it’s not all on WWE. Up until a few years ago women didn’t have the support from a lot of people. https://t.co/R0qhEgodwF

— PAIGE (@RealPaigeWWE) February 18, 2019

Absolutely you guys did. We loved that. But riddle me this, what about when the bra and panties matches were happening? Or when Michelle McCool, Gail Kim etc were busting their asses why wasn’t there an uproar then? All I’m saying is.. it’s a two way street. https://t.co/lJl8lvoNp0

— PAIGE (@RealPaigeWWE) February 18, 2019