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8. Peyton Royce

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It was during an all-too-familiar Raw Talk worked shoot that Peyton Royce infamously admitted that she was “haunted” by her own potential.

Showing promising in-ring flourishes in the limited opportunities she’d received, Royce appeared to be yet another unfortunate example of WWE’s profound disinterest in establishing a women’s midcard below the two or three title programmes at any one time. She was directionless for months leading up to her departure.

Having been senselessly split from her for the final months of their WWE run, the former Peyton Royce immediately reconnected with the former Billie Kay as soon as the pair's no compete clauses were up...

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation nearly 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett