It’s not that often that a wwe superstar is forced into retirement in their mid 20s,
but that’s unfortunately the situation that Paige was forced into
Paige came into the wwe when she was just around 18 to 19 years old and by that time,
she already had about 5 plus years of wrestling experience under her belt
Paige was wrestling from such a young age that by the time she was 19, she already had
such a high understanding of the sport and was basically a long time pro at such a young
age
Paige of course made NXT history by becoming the first ever women’s champion during her
first few years with the company.
Just about a few years after that, Paige was debuting on the main roster at the age of
21
Not only debuting, but also defeating the longest reigning divas champion at the time
and becoming divas champion on her first night on the main roster
Despite her main roster career only being just about 3 years long, Paige accomplished
so much in these few years.
She had a long back and forth feud with AJ Lee, she defeated the Bellas at Wrestlemania,
and even was the leader for the “absolution” faction.
But after injuring her neck again in a 2017 house show, Paige’s in ring career was done
Paige explained that there was a point during the match that she briefly became paralyzed
and couldn’t move a muscle
Paige was able make a recovery from that feeling, but hearing Paige talk about that last match
is pretty terrifying and you can definitely see why wwe will no longer allow her to wrestle
no matter what
Now despite Paige no longer being allowed to wrestle, she’s still very talented and
has a lot to bring to the table
WWE knew this as well and that’s why they just signed her to a multi year extension.
As we’ve seen over the past few months, wwe has been hard at work at trying to find
a good non-wrestling role to keep Paige on TV
Paige became the Smackdown G.M.
For a short period of time, but would end up being removed from the position
Paige didn’t do anything wrong to get removed, wwe had just decided that they longer wanted
any authority figures on TV, so Paige was forced to give the job up
Paige really loved that role and that was the hardest role for her to let go of
Then Paige came back once again as the manager for the kabuki warriors
This partnership between Paige and the warriors looked promising, but Paige unfortunately
had to get a follow up procedure done to her neck and that took Paige off the road for
months
So much time had went by that wwe just ended up dropping the whole manager role for Paige
Paige did return as their manager for one night on raw in late 2019, but the warriors
turned heel on her and that whole segment was done as a way to officially write Paige
out of that role
Paige is now doing a phenomenal job on wwe backstage, but she has expressed new interest
in revisiting the manager role
During a recent interview with “inside the ropes”, Paige was asked who she would pick
to manage and she said Nia Jax
Paige went onto call Nia Jax one of her best friends and thinks that herself and Nia can
pull off that Paul Heyman and Brock Lesnar element
You have Paige as the great speaker and Nia as the dominant competitor
Paige said that she can see a lot of success for Nia in that role and she definitely has
a point, So let’s take Paige’s idea and try to turn it into a simple story
Nia Jax is fresh off her return and is just coming back from her devastating knee injury
She has to work her way back to the top of the mountain, so she’s just trying to pick
up some quick wins for the time being
During a backstage interview with Nia Jax, Paige can be seen in the background looking
very intrigued by what Nia had just said and it looks like Paige is up to something.
Nia walks by Paige without acknowledging her, but Paige still continues to watch Nia walk
down the hall and it definitely seems like an idea has popped into Paige’s head
Nia goes out later on for a match and despite being the favorite in the match, Nia actually
looks like she’s in trouble of losing
Out comes Paige running down the ramp, distracting the referee and the opponent, giving Nia just
enough time to recover and quickly go for a roll up win
Nia picks up the win and Paige enters the ring with a smirk on her face as she tries
to lift Nia’s hand up in the middle of the ring.
Nia raises her hand with Paige, but has a very confused look on her face and eventually
pulls away before walking out on her own
Paige is interviewed the following week for an explanation on why she helped Nia
Paige explains that she’s been watching Nia closely over the past few weeks and sees
a lot of potential in Nia that she wants to help bring out
Nia aggressively approaches Paige and tells her to stay out her business and that she
doesn’t need her
But Paige never gives up and the two eventually get together and Paige puts Nia back on track
to regain the women’s championship
Paige served as the main mouthpiece while Nia was the pure muscle
Paige would finally deliver on her promise and help Nia capture the women’s championship
But what Nia didn’t see coming was her next opponent
After holding onto the title for a few months, the devision was starting to weaken out and
there wasn’t much valid competitors left
That’s when paige and Nia are in the ring together and Paige is cutting a promo on how
she actually found a big challenger for Nia and how it was her biggest threat to date
Nia turns to the entrance ramp, trash talking and waiting for this supposed challenger to
appear
Turns out this challenger was already standing in the ring with her, and it was Paige
Paige hits Nia with the microphone and Nia drops to her knees and is just fully confused
Paige continues the attack on Nia before picking up the title and saying “I’m back”
This sets up Nia Jax against a red hot returning Paige
If you wanna go full nostalgic with the appearance then you can even have Paige wear her vintage
nxt look, jet black hair and the purple attire, that will make for quite the look in her first
match back
Now of course, we have to give Paige the championship win here
You’re talking about Paige making a miracle return, so it’ll be perfectly topped off
with the title win
Now the chances of anything like this happening in reality is slim to none with Paige’s
actual health, but we’ve already seen two miracle returns with Daniel Bryan and Edge,
so who even knows what the future could hold
What are your thoughts on this story idea and do you like the concept of Paige managing
Nia Jax?
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