New AEW interim women’s champion Jamie Hayter was one of the many stars featured at last night’s Full Gear Media Scrum, where Hayter discussed a number of topics following her huge victory over Toni Storm on the Full Gear pay-per-view. Highlights, including Hayter revealing when she first met Britt Baker, can be found below.
Reveals that she first met Britt Baker wrestling in London in 2019:
Me and Britt first met, and the first time we wrestled, was in some dive bar in London in 2019. First time we met, wrestled for Pro Wrestling EVE, had a really fun match. And then we just kind of built a friendship after the first match. Really got on well, we clicked. She went back to America, I went over to Japan, we stayed in contact and we just kind of built our friendship from there. And she is the reason I am at AEW. She’s the whole reason I’m here. Like, she helped me so much, especially to get to where I am today.
Whether she would be interested in defending the title against Baker:
Having her as a rival for the championship, I completely welcome it. I don’t think there’s better rivals in the ring than friends or people that you’re close to. I think that makes better matches, because there’s more emotions behind it. If you just wrestle someone you don’t really know, or you don’t have an emotional connection with, then it’s just a wrestling match. But when you wrestle someone that you truly care about? Everything’s on the line. So I’m totally open to wrestling her every time. And I would love it, I really would love to wrestle her again. It’s been so many years, and we’ve both got so much better. So please, any time. If she wants it, we can do it!
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