Paige

“When you think about a WWE Diva, you think of us girls in WWE, not, like, the girls that are in the indies, the girls in TNA or in other different companies. So yeah, the word 'Diva' means a lot to me.”

“To be the first NXT Women's Champion is such an honor.”

“NXT is a land of opportunity.”

“I love being the bad guy.”

“I was at rock bottom for a year and a half - and the people who got me out of my rut were my fans.”

“When I first came up in the wrestling business, there was a movie called 'The California Dolls' about a female tag team - girls who are struggling trying to make it in the wrestling world. I started out in a tag team, and my name was Britani Knight, and my dad named us after The California Dolls. We were called The Norfolk Dolls.”

“Any time I have a promo with him - and I like R-Truth, too - but I always have the best chemistry with Miz. We really don't stay on script perfectly. We kind of bounce off each other... He is the one I paid attention to when it came to promos. He helped me so much along the way with backstage segments.”

“Maybe I could manage someone and be the female Paul Heyman.”

“I'm not a glamorous girl.”

“I want everyone to know that they can accomplish anything they want at any age if they just be themselves. I want to encourage millions to chase their dreams and to never change. Everyone should also know how to throw a good right hook!”

“I'm not good at opening up with people.”

“First and foremost, that was always my passion: I wanted to wrestle, but unfortunately, it took me down a road that I can't do that anymore.”

“Wrestling-wise, I've wrestled a lot of the girls that I've really wanted to, like Natalya and Emma.”

“WWE is like a big family, and you don't realise that until you step away from it and come back.”

“Everything I knew my entire life - like, literally, for 26 years - all I had known was pro wrestling, and for it to be ripped away from me, which is nobody's fault, but it is part of our business.”

“At 13, I knew where I wanted to be. I wanted to be in WWE.”

“It's very, very important to be yourself, and that's the kind of message that I want to get across in my character as well. On TV, that's the message that I want to get across to fans of all ages, really: To get somewhere, you just have to be yourself. Don't ever change for anyone.”

“People are very surprised when they see me. Here is this crazy Gothic woman, but when they speak to me in person, they realize I'm a nice girl. I love to interact with my fans.”

“I get the weirdest comments on Instagram.”

“I was born into the business, literally. My mum was seven months pregnant with me before she realized it, so she kept wrestling like normal up to that point.”