As International Women’s Month marches on, women’s wrestling continues powerbombing through doors once closed to them. In spite of the popularity of women’s wrestling, the harassment most go through both in person and online remains at an all-time high. Although she’s known to “smile anyway” through her daily triumphs, Willow Nightingale cannot smile past these unfortunate circumstances. Speaking with Soundsphere Magazine, the two-time TBS Champion describes the precautions AEW has set in place for moments like this.

“I mean, at AEW, we have security. If ever we feel unsafe we call them, and we have a whole crew that is out there making the show possible and making sure we’re safe,” she said.

Regarding how to combat it entirely, Nightingale recommends those, including fellow wrestlers, to be more aware of and police the dogpiling (a term describing the disorderly heap those take on another person) before it gets out of hand.

“The only way to really police fan behavior is to try to create a culture where that kind of dogpiling, everybody looks down on. Really, everybody has to get on board,” she noted. “I love my fans, I love when they defend me. But I never like it when fans have to put somebody else down to try to hype me up, and I think it’s making that known, and speaking in that regard, will help inform the culture further.”

The former and inaugural AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champion and Nightingale’s partner, Harley Cameron, took her fair share of abuse online after they defended and successfully retained their titles against MegaBad (Penelope Ford and Megan Bayne). During their February 26 match on “AEW Dynamite,” Ford executed a moonsault from the ring to the floor, causing her to land awkwardly on her previously injured leg. Nightingale and Cameron got out of dodge before being on the receiving end of the moonsault, causing fans to harass the champions from not protecting their opponent better.

The Babes of Wrath would eventually lose their Women’s World Tag Team Championships to Bayne and her new partner in Lena Kross (collectively known as Divine Dominion) at Revolution on March 15. 

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From the mid-2000s into the 2010s, The Great Khali was one of the most recognizable silhouettes in WWE, reaching over seven feet tall. Khali hasn’t wrestled in WWE since taking part in 2018’s Greatest Royal Rumble, but the “Punjabi Playboy” would love to make his return. He shared his idea for a WWE comeback during a recent interview with Monopoly Events.

“One day, I will come [for the world title],” Khali said. “I want to work with Rock. I work with so many guys, but I want to work with Rock. He’s my hero. One day, that’s my dream.”

In the same interview, Khali shared his thoughts on Brock Lesnar, who he never shared the ring with in WWE.

“If I come back, I’d love [to] work Brock Lesnar,” Khali stated. “I love Brock Lesnar, so one day, I [will] come, I [will] give you a chop.”

When asked if he’d ever consider appearing in AEW, Khali pushed back, stating that he only had interest in working with WWE, as it was the company that made him a star.

Before signing with WWE, Khali (real name Dalip Singh Rana) had stints with WCW, NJPW, and CMLL. He joined WWE in 2006, and eventually won the World Heavyweight Championship in 2007. Rana was the first India-born wrestler ever signed to WWE, and he went on to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2021. Meanwhile, he runs his own promotion and training school in India, while continuing to make the occasional WWE appearance.

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