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Tiffany Stratton On Her Character Inspirations, Recalls Pitching Character In NXT
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Tiffany Stratton says she pitched her character in order to stand out from the NXT palette at the time, and detailed some of her inspirations for the gimmick. The WWE Women’s United States Champion initially came into NXT in December of 2021 as a “Daddy’s Girl” character, though it was quickly tweaked to ditch that part of the gimmick in short order.
Stratton appeared on KFAN and recalled pitching the character in a way that it would stand out from the other characters in NXT at the time. She also named her character and style inspirations; you can see highlights below:
On Pitching Her Character:
“So, I feel like when I was in NXT, we had a lot of girls that were kind of like the hardcore — wore studs, wore black, wore leather — and that was kind of the vibe everybody was going for. So, me coming in, I kind of wanted to just lean into being kind of the more girly girl, but could also kick ass in the ring. So I had pitched the ‘Daddy’s Little Rich Girl’ character. And I remember it was me, Road Dogg, Ryan Katz, Gabe Sapolsky, we were all sitting, having a meeting about my character. And I had pitched that and they all loved it. So that’s how I kind of got on TV. And my vignettes — actually, my first-ever vignette was a vignette of me playing tennis. I don’t play tennis, I don’t know why we did that. But it was that, and then yeah, I got on TV and my second match ever was against IYO SKY, which was so cool.”
On Her Inspirations For Her Character:
“I steal a lot of inspiration from Sharpay Evans. I don’t know if you’re aware of High School Musical, I loved those movies growing up. So, I got the ‘Toodles’ from her, kind of like the mean girl personality from her. And then obviously like, style inspiration from Paris Hilton and stuff like that. I wear a lot of pink, Barbie-esque kind of vibes. So, yeah, that’s mainly where I get my character inspo from.”
If you use any of the quotes in this article, please credit KFAN with a h/t to 411mania.com for the transcription.
