AEW star Saraya(formerly Paige in WWE) has had a topsy turvy career. The former WWE Divas Champion Paige had been toiling hard with neck issues over the past few years that had put a halt on her in-ring career. She was under a contract with WWE but she ended her long run with WWE. The former Divas Champion shocked the wrestling world when she announced that she would leave WWE in July. It was then revealed that WWE didn’t want to re-sign Paige to a new contract. She then made her return to pro wrestling with AEW.
Saraya’s story was told in the acclaimed film, “Fighting With My Family,” which features actress Florence Pugh portraying Saraya (formerly known as Paige in WWE). One of the most significant moments in the film is when Paige meets Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and is told she is headed to WWE’s main roster, is going to win the Divas Championship upon her debut, and the company was making a movie about her life.
Saraya recalls her first meeting with The Rock
Saraya recalled the emotional moment on “Insight with Chris Van Vliet.
She said:
“I go to his locker room, I walk in, and he’s just like, ‘Hey, I’m DJ.’ And I’m like, ‘Yeah, I know!'” “‘This is crazy! Hello. I’m Saraya.’ And he was like, ‘You know, I watched your documentary that your family had.’ He was like, ‘I couldn’t sleep one night while filming “Fast & Furious,”‘ which, thank God for insomnia because it helped me here. But yeah, he watched it, and he just fell in love with my family.”
Saraya noted that she was”overrun with emotion because several of her dreams were coming true simultaneously:
“I was crying my eyes out, and he was handing me all of these tissues, and I’m just like sobbing, you know? Because I can’t believe it,” she said.
Saraya returned to in-ring action for the first time since December 2017 when she battled Britt Baker in a winning effort at AEW Full Gear on Saturday night in Newark, N.J.
