Tiffany Stratton‘s original gimmick in WWE NXT didn’t last very long.
WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton was a recent guest on the No Contest Wrestling Podcast. When asked about her “Daddy’s Little Rich Girl” gimmick that she had when she debuted in NXT, Stratton revealed where the inspiration came from and why Shawn Michaels put a stop to the character early on.
“The Daddy’s little rich girl gimmick kind of came from, like, Sharpay Evans from High School Musical, or like Paris Hilton,” Tiffany Stratton explained. “Shawn was like, ‘We don’t have a daddy for you. We don’t really have a payoff. So I think we kind of just need to scrap it.'”
Working as a heel in NXT
While Stratton is a babyface on the main roster, she admits that it was much easier for her to portray a heel in NXT.
“I think being a heel is 10 times easier than being a baby,” Tiffany Stratton said. “You can mess up and you can fall on your butt and, you know, like, that’s totally fine as a heel. However, as a babyface, if you do that, the crowd could turn on you, or you could get booed, and, you know, you’re supposed to be like the face of the company.
“I feel like I was a heel right off the bat. So that’s why it comes so easy to me. And you know, I’m still learning to like be a babyface and be likable and not have so much stink on what I say in my promos.” [H/T: WrestlingNews.co]
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What do you make of Tiffany Stratton’s comments? Are you happy Shawn Michaels put an end to the gimmick because they didn’t have a proper payoff? Let us know your overall thoughts by sounding off in the comments section below.
