Willow Nightingale has notably been praised for her mic work in recent weeks, with harsh critics like Bully Ray believing the latest “Dynamite” segment between her and Mercedes Mone had nothing to nit-pick. According to Thunder Rosa, one of the reasons why Nightingale has gotten over with fans recently is due to how she’s able to emotionally connect with them. 

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“I saw it when I was commentator and I saw her coming out, and like how naturally people just gravitated towards her with her music, with her smiling, how positive she is.” Rosa even went as far as to compare her persona to WWE Superstar Bayley’s “Hugger” gimmick.

In response to his co-host, Nic Nemeth emphasized how impressive it is for Nightingale to slowly grow her character in ways that allows the audience to take her more seriously. “You now have to double down and go when it gets to the ring action — ‘I gotta make things happen, crack a few heads’ just to back it up and that’s what she’s been doing and that’s an even bigger step.”

Rosa then claimed that Nightingale has layers to her character. The AEW star also explained how difficult it is for a champion to get over after capturing the belt, but opined that the TBS Champion has managed to do this. “She’s even like super, super, super over and is the face of the division of TBS.”

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