The Rise Of AEW's Jamie Hayter

3. The Sass And Brash Attitude

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In addition to her nice 'n' snug powerhouse in-ring style, one of the main things that's made Jamie Hayter stand out from the pack across this past year, is that more and more people are taking note of the Brit's brash, sassy attitude and the utter disdain she has for certain quarters of the audience.

When WhatCulture caught up with Jamie earlier this year ahead of Double or Nothing, we got to dive a little deeper on where the on-screen Jamie Hayter personality comes from:

"I think the disdain in particular comes from doing the indie shows back home, and people really didn't like me at points. I remember I was at an indie show and I almost got punched by someone in the crowd because I'd riled them up so much. But the disdain and all that comes from because I enjoy riling people up, I enjoy pissing people off. It's not nice, but it's fun for me. I'm just a little sh*t really, a bit of an arse."

While that persona was designed to rile people up, Jamie Hayter stomping to the ring as she trash talks the live crowd and facially shows her disgust for those in attendance... yeah, that's served to make the former SWA World Champion a constantly engaging, entertaining presence of any and all AEW programming she's a part of it.

So engaging and entertaining has Hayter become, even the biggest of, err, haters have started to warm to the Brit across these past few months, with arenas regularly popping big for this "little sh*t".

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