This is a shot from the post-RAW filming in Los Angeles this week, which saw Paige, played by Pugh and her stunt double Tessa Blanchard, take on AJ Lee, played by former TNA Knockout Thea Trinidad.
@Florence_Pugh is my new favorite actress. She did a great job playing my favorite female wrestler @RealPaigeWWE. She can do the moves too! pic.twitter.com/zKAOqxOgRE— Fernando Jay Huerto (@fernandojhuerto) February 22, 2017
- Maria Kanellis and her husband Mike Bennett have signed a new year contract long with Impact Wrestling; this a nearly two months after the couple revealed that their contracts with Impact were up.
Maria and her husband Mike Bennett made their Impact debut at the start of 2016 and in the same year captured to win the Knockouts and X-Division Championship respectively. Maria was also momentarily named “Leader of the Knockouts” after winning a Knockouts ladder match and has formed a stable known as the “Lady Squad” consisting of Sienna, Laurel Van Ness and assistant Allie.
The news also comes at at time when Maria had previously stated that she was looking to leave the wrestling business to further her education.