10 Wrestling Facts We Didn't Know Last Week (March 1)

4. Paige Wanted To Go To Bed Instead Of Wrestling

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The new 'Fighting With My Family' movie chronicles Paige's rise from the UK indy scene to WWE fame, and it tells her story with a healthy helping of British comedy. In an interview with The Telegraph, Paige promoted the film and found the time to give more insight into her early days as a wrestler.

She just wanted to go to bed.

When working for her parents' World Association of Wrestling promotion as a teenager, Paige would often look out through the curtain and see as little as 10 people in the crowd. Instead of cancelling the show, her dad Ricky would gather everyone together and say they were going to give everyone a great card of wrestling.

Upset at the news and failing to see the point of working in front of such a sparse audience, Paige would beg her father to call the night off so she could go back to bed. She's probably pretty glad he didn't refund the fans now.

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