Willow Nightingale Says AEW Women’s Title Win Didn’t Sink In Until Dynamite After AEW Redemption

Willow Nightingale took a few days to process her title win.

Nightingale made history at the Redemption pay-per-view in July, as she defeated Thekla to become the new AEW Women’s World Champion. Due to the hectic nature of a PPV day, the ‘Babe With The Power’ didn’t get entirely process the moment at first.

“I think initially when it happened, I didn’t entirely process it, especially like I always feel hung over the day after I wrestle just because it’s so, like, one, I’m getting a little bit older, but two, like you really are just putting everything out there.” Nightingale told Fox News Digital. “You’re giving your all and sometimes on show day I do my best to stay hydrated, but sometimes it just takes it all out of you. It dehydrates you a little bit. So, I’m like trying to deal with physically recovering from a match like that because, Thekla, she’s tiny, but she’s tough. She gave me hell. She made it really hard for me to get this championship. And my parents were there and then you immediately get thrown into the press conference into the scrum with Tony Khan, which is exciting. I love all that. I love all the hustle and bustle. I wouldn’t be in this crazy wrestling business if I didn’t love the hustle and bustle.”

The significance of the win finally hit Nightingale on that week’s episode of Dynamite.

“But you don’t really get that moment to let it sink in. But the ‘Dynamite’ following Redemption, the Detroit crowd just showed me so much love and that’s really when it hit me. I was like, ‘Holy crap, I’m the world champion.’ So, it has hit me. But I think, going into All In, if I get like a successful title defense under my belt, especially against like Mercedes, I’ll feel kickass, unstoppable. That will be like the test.”

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Special thanks to Fox News Digital for the quote(s) in this interview.