Skye Blue thinks it’s insane how far women’s wrestling has come over the last decade.
All Elite Wrestling‘s Skye Blue was a recent guest on Good Karma Wrestling. When asked about the evolution we’re seeing in women’s wrestling, Blue said she loves it and reflected upon how women’s wrestling used to be perceived.
“I absolutely love it,” Skye Blue said. “I remember my parents had taken me to a live show, I believe in Chicago, at All-State. And I remember the girls’ match had come on. They were in Christmas Eve Santa outfits and skirts. And I was like, ‘Mom, I don’t want to do that one.’
“[Then] I remember Moxley had a hardcore match of some sort. And I was like, ‘I want to do that type of match. That’s what I want the girls to do; I don’t want us to do the things in the skirts. I want us to do the tables, chairs, and the barbed wire and all the crazy stuff.’
“My Mom is just sitting there shaking her head. Knowing that I’m going to do it even if she tells me no. I think it’s insane how far we’ve come. And how far we can keep going if we all just keep putting in our all and showing that we can do what the men can do just as well, if not better sometimes.”
Skye Blue is a big fan of Saraya
When asked if she had processed the praise Saraya had given her, Blue admitted she hadn’t yet.
“I don’t think I fully have,” Skye Blue admitted. “I got tagged in the article, and I was like, ‘Why am I tagged?’ I looked and saw it and was like, ‘Oh my goodness.’ I would watch her matches all the time, and when she first came to AEW, it was like goosebumps, and her reaction when she first came out I was like, ‘Holy crap, she’s here.’
“And then I remember being in the ring and waiting for her entrance the first time I wrestled her, literal goosebumps. I looked at the ref and was like, ‘Holy crap, I’m wrestling Saraya.’ He was like, ‘Yep, you are.’ I freaked out.
“This is who I used to watch when I was 17/18 watching wrestling at home with my parents. And now, I’m the one in the ring with her, which is wild to me. She has been such a moving person for the women’s division and women’s wrestling, going from just divas to just women’s wrestlers.”
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