Madison Rayne enjoyed her time competing in an AEW ring but for now her attention shifts to coaching the AEW women’s division.
Rayne has competed in several matches in the AEW ring since being signed as a coach. She has wrestled Jade Cargill for the TBS championship along with other sporadic TV matches. Speaking on AEW Unrestricted, Rayne discussed wrestling for AEW and focusing on coaching moving forward.
“You walk in and every day, you don’t really know what’s going to happen. When I had my initial conversations about coming to the company, it was primarily as a coach, and obviously, there were those, ‘You can wrestle, you’ve wrestled for way too long. There may be times where we have you as an in-ring competitor.’ The wrestler in me who still has a tiny shred of ego that needs to be filled a little bit, walking out into an arena and the reaction of the AEW fans is truly, I’m not just saying that because I’m happy and new and butterflies, but it’s truly unlike anything I’ve ever felt. Getting to scratch that itch a little bit was perfect, but I do think going forward my duty will primarily be as a coach. That’s great too. I came in did, a couple of matches for AEW fans or anybody who wasn’t super familiar with who Madison Rayne was, I got in the ring and showed that I kind of know how to do this thing so hopefully I will have earned the trust of people who maybe didn’t know me before I came in. I’m glad I got to do that and am always happy to accept the challenge and will continue to accept them if they are put in front of me, but I think for now, as far as I know today as we sit here, coaching is going to be my primary goal,”
Madison Rayne on AEW Unrestricted
Rayne last wrestled on the September 9 episode of AEW Rampage, losing to Serena Deeb.
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