Saraya Details Crazy Harassment From Wrestling Fans
Saraya has opened up about some of the things she has dealt with from fans doing crazy things for her attention.
As a former AEW Women’s World Champion and a WWE Women’s Champion who has been part of the pro wrestling business since birth, Saraya may be used to being a pro wrestler, but it doesn’t mean it’s an easy life for her.
During her WWE run as Paige, she was one of the youngest Women’s Champions ever and somebody who was in the spotlight as a teenager and in her early 20s when a lot of people were still trying to figure out life.
After losing several years of her career due to a serious neck injury, Saraya was able to wrestle when she joined AEW in September 2022.
While speaking to Sports Illustrated’s The Takedown, Saraya spoke about some of the awful things that fans have said to her online and what they would like to do to her.
“My requested DM’s is the dark web. I do not wanna go in there. I know there will be unsolicited d**k pics. Men do not give a s**t. Social media is like a mask to them, so they can do and say whatever they want and get away with it. Which is the crazy part.”
“I’ve had people say they’re gonna rape me, they’re gonna murder me and all this crazy s***. [Women] get it all the time. Even when I tag my friends that aren’t so much in the public eye, they end up getting hounded in their DM’s.”
Saraya Has Had Fans Come To Her House Uninvited
As she continued, she talked about unwanted visitors at her house and having to use a different name in her daily life.
“I’ve had so many fans come to my house. I had a guy that had no shoes on and a ripped shirt that was trying to get in my house. I’ve had people send stuff to me. People have camped outside my house before. So now I have to put everything under a different name. There’s no way I could have my name on my house.”
There are those crazy fans, but Saraya also showed appreciation to the good people out there too.
“I have wonderful fans that are great and freaking treat me with respect, you know? And I’m very grateful for my fan base ’cause they’re all great. But you do get the odd weirdo that thinks that they know you so well that they can come into your house or be outside your hotel room or like hunt me down in a hotel room. It is crazy how far some of these fans will go.”
Regarding her current AEW role, Saraya admitted that right now it doesn’t seem like there’s a place for her since the company has so many women to use. She has admitted she could look to return to WWE when her AEW deal expires in September 2025.