Britt Baker as come a long way in the ring.
Its hard to imagine a time when Britt Baker was anything but a star within AEW. She has held the women’s world title, holding it for a long time until Thunder Rosa unseated her as champion earlier this year. Since her title loss, Baker has been involved in the Owen Hart tournament and will face the Joker on AEW Dynamite on Wednesday.
Baker sat down with Fightful for SHOOTING SOFTLY and gave her thoughts on multiple people in AEW and outside AEW, including two people instrumental in her training, Candice LeRae and Johnny Gargano:
“Oh, that one’s easy. I love Johnny and Candice. They, obviously, had a huge hand in help training me and instilling in all of the students they had that you have to love this. If you don’t love professional wrestling, this is not for you. Johnny was so dedicated to his students, ‘cause that was when he was not signed to NXT. But he was flying there and back with Tommaso early on and he would fly straight from an NXT taping and come right to training, they would train us until ten o’clock at night. It was really cool. It made driving the two / three hours one way after dental school worth it because that sucked. That was a really hard time in my life. It’s so weird because I loved every moment of it, but it was still hard so it still kinda sucked. But I would get so excited because I’d get to train with Candice and Johnny. It was at that point that I already knew the basics and the fundamentals from training in Pittsburgh, so this all supplemental stuff. I was just so hungry to learn more. That was one of my favorite periods of my life, actually.”
Britt Baker on Shooting Softly
Fans have speculated that Gargano and LeRae may be the Joker’s that will be revealed on Wednesday’s Dynamite as part of both the men’s and women’s Owen Hart Foundation tournament. Who do you think will be the Joker’s in both tournaments? Let us know in the comments and on our social media pages!
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