WWE’s lack of a ‘daddy’ for Tiffany Stratton led to the promotion dropping the former NXT Women’s Champion’s character as ‘Daddy’s Little Rich Girl.’
Stratton debuted as part of NXT 2.0 in 2021 but after an injury in October 2022, returned earlier this year with a snobbish persona but with the previous gimmick dropped.
Speaking on a recent edition of “The Ten Count” podcast, Stratton explained why that part of her gimmick was dropped. She said,
“In the beginning I was kind of like Daddy’s little rich girl. I kind of just was like, I want to get on TV. And you know, this was kind of like new & different I guess. So I pitched it. It stuck. And it works for a little bit until they’re like, we don’t have a Daddy for you. So you’re not Daddy’s little rich girl.
“We never got that far. We never really [thought] it out. So that’s why I think it got scraped. But eventually, the character my big inspo was Sharpay Evans from High School Musical. I think she’s an icon.”
Stratton will challenge NXT Women’s Champion Becky Lynch at next weekend’s NXT No Mercy pay-per-view event in an Extreme Rules match.
