Nyla Rose is the first openly transgender wrestler in history to sign with a major American promotion. Rose signed with AEW in 2019 and won the AEW Women’s World Championship a year later.
Although Rose started out with an intimidating beast-like character similar to the veteran Awesome Kong, she recently transitioned to a more friendly character courtesy of her AEW TBS Title feud with Jade Cargill.
During a recent interview with Fightful, Rose reflected on the evolution of her character in AEW. She said,
“It feels kind of weird, if I’m being honest. Like, in a good way. A very welcomed weird. I didn’t expect it. But it did feel good. Just completely unexpected. I’m glad the fans are enjoying what’s happening and hopefully we get the opportunity to give them more of that. It’s definitely something that I’ve wanted to do for a while, but it’s like the natural evolution of the character.”
The former AEW Women’s World Champion also noted how difficult it is to please fans in modern times. The 40-year-old Rose said,
“We live in such a microwave society now, people see something, they want it right now. It’s like, ‘Dude, just be patient. Enjoy the journey because when you look back on it, it’s going to make sense. Things are going to flow so much better. Just relax. Just relax.’ But nobody wants to relax and I can’t fault them. It’s a double edged sword. It feels good that they want you to give them everything at once, but please relax. We’re trying to create art. We’re trying to tell stories here.”
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