Former AEW Women’s World Champion Willow Nightingale has expressed enthusiasm for the idea of transforming the AEW World Trios Championships into mixed-gender titles.
Speaking with Mark It Down at Tropicon in New York, Nightingale was asked about the potential for increased intergender competition in AEW. Having participated in mixed tag team matches on AEW programming and drawn from her intergender experience on the independent circuit, Nightingale believes the move would create fresh storytelling opportunities, though she acknowledged uncertainty about whether AEW would actually implement the change.
Matches She Hopes to Have in AEW:
“I’ve yet to have a singles match with Megan Bayne on AEW television. I’ve wrestled her twice on the indies before. But we’ve had many tag encounters, and I think we would beat the heck out of each other and it would be cool.”
On the Possibility of More Intergender Matches:
“I think there’s definitely room for more mixed tags. I keep seeing online, people advocating for the Trios Title to become a mixed title. And I’m like, that would be really interesting and I think very fun. And I would love to be on that because then I actually have a chance at becoming an official Grand Slam champ. Not only that though, it would be fun. I would have a lot of fun with that. But will it happen? Who’s to say? Not I. Same thing where I’m like, ‘It’s not in my control but I’ll pitch it!'”
If you use any of the quotes in this article, please credit Mark It Down with a h/t to 411mania.com for the transcription.
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