10 Wrestling Facts We Didn't Know Last Week (Nov 29)

8. DDP Gave Awesome Kong An AEW Pep Talk

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Anyone watching Awesome Kong act on the Netflix series GLOW would be forgiven for thinking she's a confident soul. As Tammé Dawson, Kong skirts between overconfident, bubbly personality and withdrawn, fearful mother. Those latter characteristics came to the fore before her AEW debut.

On Talk Is Jericho, Kong admitted she was terrified before walking through the curtain at Double Or Nothing this past May. Getting into the Kong character was something she mastered when she was wrestling all the time, but a three year gap between matches made that challenging in Las Vegas.

As her entrance music blared, Kong panicked, causing DDP to stroll over and put her at ease with some motivational speaking. That, according to the imposing female, helped immeasurably, and she was able to go out and be the monster fans expected without trepidation that had plagued her for weeks.

The list of talents Page has helped grows by the day.

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