Ava Raine has become more confident since making her NXT debut.
During the NXT Deadline conference call, Shawn Michaels discussed Ava Raine’s development in NXT. He thinks that she has been a “huge kick in the shorts” as she’s doing a fantastic job with her gimmick.
First of all from her character standpoint, she has been a huge kick in the shorts. I think she’s doing fantastic. We were just talking about it the other day, her facials-she looks fantastic. She’s really getting comfortable and that’s the most important thing.
She’s really beginning to, as we say, get into this character and enjoy the process. From an in-ring standpoint, I guess I would say I would have to ask one of the coaches on that. I think with everybody, she is developing and working at an absolutely great pace. From the reports I read, it’s fantastic and successful.
For us, it’s just very exciting to have her plugged into The Schism and for her to be just enjoying that role, getting comfortable with it, looking natural, not looking difficult for her to do.
She doesn’t seem to be struggling. I think she’s really gaining confidence as well, and that’s so important to this. We are very excited, obviously for her and her development here. I guess that biggest thing for us is that she’s having some fun. This is a very young group that we have here, and I’d really love for them to enjoy and have fun while they’re doing it because I think that makes this job a lot easier to do.
Shawn Michaels during NXT Deadline Conference Call
The fourth generation wrestler wants to carve out her own path, and she’s making sure others let her do her thing. Fans were certainly shocked to see The Rock’s daughter debut as a heel, joining The Schism faction as her first act on NXT TV.
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