Renee Paquette Says Saraya Losing AEW Women’s World Title Was ‘Disappointing’

Renee Paquette discusses Saraya losing the AEW Women’s World Title.

Renee Paquette talks Saraya losing the AEW Women’s World Title.

Back at the end of August, at AEW All In, Saraya was able to capture the AEW Women’s World Championship in a fatal four way bout at Wembley Stadium, dethroning Hikaru Shida. The Outcasts member held the title for 44 days before losing the championship back to Shida on the October 10th edition of AEW Dynamite.

The reign was a short one, but was a meaningful one for Saraya due to her winning the championship in her home nation of England.

While speaking on WWT with TK Trinidad Renee Paquette discussed Saraya’s championship loss, noting that it was disappointing to see for her.

“I mean, for sure, disappointing. I mean, you look at somebody like Saraya and what she brings to AEW, what she brings to that women’s division. And I think she kind of finding her footing again as well, after, you know, not wrestling for five-plus years. So for her to come back from this injury, thinking she was never gonna wrestle again, thinking she was fully retired, boots hung up to now coming back into this world and trying to figure it all out again. It’s been really cool to see her get into her groove, and I think are having that championship belt and being able to have a different run, I would have loved to have seen that I would have loved to have seen her be able to defend that title more and have some more of those matches and have more of those opportunities. Obviously, Shida is fantastic. We have so many great women. But yeah, Raya is my girl and I think that she just brings a certain cache to women’s wrestling. She really is that woman that… she didn’t single handedly but she was a big part of changing the way that we look at women’s wrestling and changing the mold of what female wrestlers are. I think that we all need to continue to slap a little respect on that woman’s name. She’s a badass.”

Since losing the championship, Saraya has been involved in the disintegration of The Outcasts before her eyes, as first Toni Storm left the faction to become “Timeless”. Now, Ruby Soho has become distracted by the idea of love as her and Angelo Parker have been flirting for several weeks now, which has only enraged Saraya.

Elsewhere in the same interview, Renee discussed her work as an AEW producer. You can read more here.

Thanks to Women’s Wrestling Talk for sending in the quotes.