Saraya opens up about having a “rough time” dealing with “unforgiving” AEW fans

While appearing on the One-on-One with Andro Mammo, former AEW star Saraya aka Paige reflected on her run with AEW from 2022 to 2025…

“I couldn’t believe I was ever gonna wrestle again. So it was a miracle, but this is where it goes to the online fans again, because the first initial — I came out, and I was like, yes! This is amazing. And then the week after, I did a promo, which wasn’t very good, and I know it wasn’t. I just got in my head. I got a lot of nerves and stuff like that, and a lot of anxiety. Earlier in the interview, I’m like tripping over my words a little bit, and so, yeah, I had a lot of anxiety, and I didn’t do a good job, and then they completely tore me apart online. It made me think I made a mistake coming back, and I was like, what have I done?”

Saraya commented on how she handled the negative feedback…

“Time. Deleting social media, just getting reps in and stuff like that. Again, deleting social media because I did not want to listen to what they were saying, because they can be cruel. The AEW fans, especially anyone that comes over to there, like, holy crap, they’re unforgiving. It’s crazy. So I was having a rough time just dealing with that. But after a while, I just learned to just delete it off my phone. If I did do something, I would not look at social media for a couple of days until something else happened. It was rough, and so it kind of like dimmed my spark for a lot. And then after a while, I just started having fun and not caring what people think.” (quotes courtesy of WrestleZone.com)