Paige VanZant gone from AEW

[markymark]

What a waste, TK was very optimistic about signing her at first but I get she prefers to stay on OF because she makes far more money there

[Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby]

I'm usually not prone to agree with a pithy one liner from markymark in the op but...yeah. I wasn't a fan of what we got from her on promos, but with where the women's division was at the time, I fully understood the desire to try to mold someone into a star as quickly as possible. That just doesn't work on a predictable timetable, with Anthony Ogogo and Jade standing out as exemplars of the weaknesses in this approach. (Jade mostly worked, but the difficulties are being discussed over in the WWE forum right now.)

[jean0987654321]

Well...that was a waste of time

[Vice honcho room temperature]

There goes the E Street band audience

[thirteen3]

I get the impression she probably thought that Pro Wrestling being fake that she wouldn't have to put much effort into it and did what some non-fans do and assume it didn't hurt much and not have any injury risks.

[le cowboy fringant]

Cannot say that I am surprised. She is making an insane amount of money off of her OnlyFans, she isn't wanting at all in financial terms.

[This Player Hating Mothman]

Yeah this seemed a long time coming, she had that first appearance, said she was training, and then nothing was said about her ever again ever. Seemed pretty clear nothing went to plan there. Training for wrestling is hard and the timetable for how active you need to be in it versus in MMA is pretty crazy. But I get it. She was a decently big name in the UFC and when MMA fighters actually apply themselves to wanting to be in wrestling, you get some pretty amazing results more often than not.

[Zone Was Wrong]

PVZ had a lot of charisma and might have been great had she concentrated on training. It was a good gamble I still think, but ultimately I guess wrestling didn't appeal to her as much as she thought it would.

[CeilingFan]

[ASYLUMHAUSEN]

Apr 23, 2024 8:38:26 GMT -5 Vice honcho room temperature said:

There goes the E Street band audience

Little Stevie in shambles…

[kingoftheindies]

Was worth taking the risk, but I remember Gangrel getting interviewed cause she was training at his school and he said she just stopped showing up. So this was kind of always gonna be a thing

[XIII]

Pretty women with any level of fame no matter how niche are living with a cheat code. lol I’m not even knocking her or anyone else for it either, if you can make that kind of money staying at home and traveling around on your own terms isn’t that kind of the dream?

[salz4life]

She's basically the same as Mandy Rose. She's become insanely rich doing OFs. I don't blame her one bit for not wanting to go through the work to become a solid in-ring performer when you can make life-changing money doing a lot less (in a lot less) on OF.

[salz4life]

Apr 23, 2024 9:58:25 GMT -5 XIII said:

Pretty women with any level of fame no matter how niche are living with a cheat code. lol I’m not even knocking her or anyone else for it either, if you can make that kind of money staying at home and traveling around on your own terms isn’t that kind of the dream?

Agree 100%.... wish I could do it. People might pay me NOT to be on OFs, so maybe I should actually threaten it. LOL

[Bo Rida]

Whenever I'm annoyed aew are wasting time on some nonsense I try to be thankful that at least it's not Dan Lambert, ATT, Brandi Rhodes promos and the never ending Scorio vs Sammy fued. The one positive of those dark times was PVZ having some potential and now even that had gone.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Yes OF is an easy job compared to wrestling, sure

At least you get paid to look at a bunch of chuds' gross peckers in your DMs on OF

[Some Guy]

Kind of unfortunate that she didn't want to wrestle but I get it if OF is just more lucrative at this time so hope for the best. She was the only one in the horrendous beyond belief America's Top Team era I thought had any potential, though.

Now I can stick solely to talking about how AEW misuses Marina Shafir as far as fighters go because she rules.

[polarbearpete]

Up there with Cain Velasquez’s storied WWE career

[Brood Lone Wolf Funker]

Paige not here

[agent817]

Apr 23, 2024 9:58:25 GMT -5 XIII said:

Pretty women with any level of fame no matter how niche are living with a cheat code. lol I’m not even knocking her or anyone else for it either, if you can make that kind of money staying at home and traveling around on your own terms isn’t that kind of the dream?

In a lot of ways, yes. I personally have my own negative thoughts about the likes of OnlyFans, LoyalFans, Fansly, and other similar media services, but if these women are making money a lot off of horny simps, then maybe it isn't so bad for them. Their body, their choice at the end of the day.