Former AEW TBS Champion Maia Aschra has seen her stock rise in AEW over the past few months, due in no small part to her work against the two. Athena and: current AEW Women’s World Champion Mercedes Monetwo women he cites as instrumental in inspiring him to become a wrestler. However, as it turns out, neither Monet nor Athena was the world’s first favorite wrestler. That honor, as Ashkhar revealed in an interview “Day Star” goes to the WWE star who rose to fame during the Divas Era and is arguably the most popular WWE performer of all time.
“My favorite first favorite wrestler was like Kelly Kelly, the Undertaker, you know what I mean?” The world said: “I was watching them. They just didn’t inspire me to wrestle. But I love Kelly Kelly, that was my girl. And to all divas, honestly. She was my favorite, but I loved the whole diva section.”
The world was a toddler when Kelly Kelly began her career on the WWE ECW brand in 2006, but was about 9 years old when WWE began to seriously push Kelly in early 2011. After unsuccessfully challenging Brie Bella for the Divas Championship at Over the Limit, Kelly would get her revenge by defeating Bella only to win the Rawva0 title. during his WWE run.
Kelly would hold the title until October, losing it to Beth Phoenix at Hell in a Cell. A year later, Kelly would leave WWE, but he continued to make regular appearances for the promotion over the years, and The Legends Deal is reportedly inked with WWE as far back as 2025.
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