Paige speaks on her feelings about Sasha Banks and how it all ended

[R=G]

"The thing is with me, right, that move where she kicks me in the back, I had taken that so many times previously that I was so stubborn and I thought 'I can still do these kind of things' and I thought my neck was just as strong as it was before, but, unfortunately, it's not."

"So I called this move and I told her to do it and so she did it, and unfortunately, my neck wasn't strong enough and it snapped all the way back and it was essentially the same as having a really bad car crash - the whiplash was."

"My arms start losing the feeling and then I'm like 'oh my gosh, I can't feel my arms!' and I'm trying to grab her [Sasha's] legs and she's like 'you need to stop' and I'm like 'no, no, no. Wait, I can stand up, let me do this' and so I stand up, but then I fall straight back down and I'm like 'oh my gosh, I can't feel my body right now, this is crazy and I was so petrified I was like 'I think I'm paralysed'.

"The girls at the side of the ring were crying, Bayley was really upset and Sasha is sitting in the corner just devastated and I couldn't cry at first; I wasn't in any pain I was just in so much shock and I'm just looking at these girls like 'oh my gosh. And I knew it, I felt it - my career was done,"

"I remember them bringing out the stretcher and stuff like that and I was like 'please don't make me go out on a stretcher, that's all I'm asking. I don't wanna go out on a stretcher'. I wanted to walk out gracefully and I just knew I was going to get told I wasn't going to be able to do this anymore."

"So I'm finally up and walking and the crowd are cheering - they were so sweet - so I get backstage and Jamie Noble and all the trainers and doctors that we had were checking my reflexes and my body felt fine after that, it was just achey. But Sasha was there the whole entire time. She did not want to leave my side - like literally did not want to leave my side - and she was crying her eyes out. She said 'I'm so sorry' and I'm like 'It's not your fault, none of this is your fault."

"So then literally the next day I get flown out to Orlando to see a doctor," Paige continued. "The next day after that I got flown out to Dr. Maroon. He felt my neck and he was like 'You can have another surgery if you want, but you still have to retire, either way'. He was like 'if you get hit again you'll be paralysed' kind of the same as Edge and I already knew that, I was just hoping he would tell me something different."

"So getting back to work, I didn't wanna tell anyone just yet. I was like 'I'm fine, I just need a couple of weeks'. But, I remember just telling Sasha 'I can't wrestle anymore' and she was devastated, she started crying, crying her eyes out. I was like 'I'm so sorry', I think it's just a British thing to apologise! But I was like 'I'm sorry, it's not your fault' and she's just been so, so supportive. She always texts me like 'hey, how are you doing, how things going?' you know, and she's just always been really great."

"But Sasha was there the whole entire time. She did not want to leave my side - like literally did not want to leave my side - and she was crying her eyes out. She said 'I'm so sorry' and I'm like 'It's not your fault, none of this is your fault."

"But, I remember just telling Sasha 'I can't wrestle anymore' and she was devastated, she started crying, crying her eyes out. I was like 'I'm so sorry', I think it's just a British thing to apologise! But I was like 'I'm sorry, it's not your fault' and she's just been so, so supportive. She always texts me like 'hey, how are you doing, how things going?' you know, and she's just always been really great."

 

[mrken12]

I'm sure that all those "Sasha is reckless" people are going to avoid this thread.

 

[Lord Scion]

So I guess all those "Sasha is reckless" people are going to avoid this thread.

Paige's WWE in ring career over

I'm just going to link this thread here for all the

that's about to happen.

 

[8WON6]

"So I called this move and I told her to do it and so she did it, and unfortunately, my neck wasn't strong enough

Let's get this argument started.

 

[904Lurker]

It's crazy that she was cleared to get in the ring again.


WWE is evil

 

[Vic Damone. Jr]

First page reserved

 

[Breh Obama]

It's crazy that she was cleared to get in the ring again.


WWE is evil

That was before this

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

Dumb move for everyone involved. You'd think someone from the performers to the match agent to the guys running the show would step in and rework it so the performer that just came back from an extended, serious neck injury doesnt have to get whiplashed by a kick in the back :jagfan:

Same goes for Bryan missing fukking diving headbutts from the top rope still No one cares til it's too late, I guess

 

[904Lurker]

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Let's get this argument started.

One sec

@Rarely-Wrong Liggins

 

[Rarely-Wrong Liggins]

That was a dumb ass spot. Paige was stupid for calling it, Sasha for doing it, and WWE allowing her duct tape neck back in the ring.

I don't get how you fukk up someone's neck from a kick to the back but just shows how fragile she was. WWE needs to understand you can't have physically weaker women with injured, stack of dimes necks wrestling their sloppy style like the men. Don't one of the Bellas have a bad neck or back? Disaster waiting to happen.

Still......if Charlotte or Bliss injured her and she said this; "Paige is just trying to cover for the blondes." I know the game. At least she isn't bitter.

 

[Sghost597]

I'm sure that all those "Sasha is reckless" people are going to avoid this thread.

What I don't get is usually when someone injury... 8 times of 10. They usually injured themselves. 1 is a freak accident from wear and tear. 1 is a legit botch. Taz botched a piledriver and broke his own neck as did Austin if I recall correctly.

 

[RammerJammer]

That was a dumb ass spot. Paige was stupid for calling it, Sasha for doing it, and WWE allowing her duct tape neck back in the ring.

I don't get how you fukk up someone's neck from a kick to the back but just shows how fragile she was. WWE needs to understand you can't have physically weaker women with injured, stack of dimes necks wrestling their sloppy style like the men. Don't one of the Bellas have a bad neck or back? Disaster waiting to happen.

Still......if Charlotte or Bliss injured her and she said this; "Paige is just trying to cover for the blondes." I know the game. At least she isn't bitter.

Yeah I think Nikki has neck issues, which is why she had to change her Rack Attack.

 

[Norrin Radd]

So she called the spot, huh? Interesting

 

[mrken12]

Dumb move for everyone involved. You'd think someone from the performers to the match agent to the guys running the show would step in and rework it so the performer that just came back from an extended, serious neck injury doesnt have to get whiplashed by a kick in the back :jagfan:

She shouldn't have been cleared to compete to begin with. She was on borrowed time.