Dr. Britt Baker has been a key part of AEW’s women’s division from day one. Originally, she looked poised to be the company’s top babyface, but a heel turn not only cemented her spot as the company’s top female star, in addition to shining even brighter as a heel.
Baker was a recent guest on the Sunday Night’s Main Event podcast, where she talked about the heel turn. While discussing the character, she revealed that it was Kenny Omega behind her heel turn behind the scenes. Omega has been one of the key players behind the scenes for the AEW women’s division and has had a hand in the creative booking of the division.
Baker discussed how Omega approached her and talked to her about the idea of turning heel, replying she was up for anything.
“It was Kenny Omega, Kenny ‘The Cleaner. “He had the idea of turning me heel. I remember I was in the ring one day just training, he came up and talked to me about it. He’s like ‘what do you think about being a heel? We don’t really have any heels and, you know, maybe this would work.’”
“And I just remember saying ‘I’m down to do anything’ and I will always try anything, but at that point in my wrestling career I had never been a heel, [not even] once in my life. So, just like my whole experience of AEW? I was just kind of getting thrown into the fire, let’s go, let’s see if it works. And it did.”
Baker has truly become a standout since her heel turn, and has become a must-watch act in AEW since then. While she has yet to challenge for the AEW Women’s Title, she’s constantly at the forefront of the division and has a big match coming up against Thunder Rosa at Beach Break.
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