Britt Baker gives her honest thoughts on her match with Taya Valkyrie from AEW Dynamite.
All Elite Wrestling‘s Britt Baker recently sat down with Scott Fishman of TV Insider. When asked about her match against Taya Valkyrie last week on AEW Dynamite, Baker said she looks forward to getting in the ring with her again down the road.
“It was a first-time match. I’d never been in the ring with her,” Britt Baker said. “This was our first interaction ever, which can be fun and exciting. I look forward to getting back in the ring together down the road…I have nothing but respect for everything she has done in Mexico, Lucha wrestling, and Impact. I think Taya is a star.”
When asked about the negativity she and Valkyrie received on social media following the match, Baker said 85% of what she sees now on social media is negative.
“I told her when she first got here that fans, whether they be WWE diehard supporters or just AEW haters, are very passionate in a brutal way on social media,” Baker said. “I get it every single week if I’m on TV or not…It’s relentless. It’s to the point where I open Twitter, and 85 percent or more is negative. It’s really sad and disheartening, but you have to put everything in perspective.
“When I come out, the fans are so excited to see me. They are chanting D.M.D. the whole time. I see it as I can’t hear these Twitter trolls because these D.M.D chants are so loud. When I come to comic conventions, there are these fans that are so grateful to meet me and be able to talk about AEW and what it means to them. That’s the stuff that means a lot to me.
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“Those are the real fans. They are paying to come to the shows. They are enjoying the show. Not people who get on social media to troll. There are literally people who invest hours and hours in their days to make troll accounts for what reason? I’m such a driven and motivated person I can’t imagine that my goal is to make everyone else’s lives miserable or show flaws in people and what they can and can’t do.
“It’s such an insane concept. I wish I could understand it. At the same time, what will be will be. We have the best fans on the planet. As loud as the trolls are, there are passionate fans too who are thankful to have AEW.”
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