Tiffany Stratton Recalls Being Detained At Heathrow Airport
A trip to the UK nearly ended in disaster for Tiffany Stratton.
Since signing with the company in late 2021, Tiffany Stratton has taken WWE by storm. She quickly won the NXT Women’s Championship before moving to the main roster and winning the Money In The Bank Briefcase, before successfully cashing in to claim the Women’s Championship.
Although the company’s schedule has reduced dramatically in recent years, WWE’s top stars still spend much of their life on the road and plotting their way through airports around the world. So any travel issues can quickly turn into a nightmare.
Tiffany Stratton Reflects On “Intense” Situation
During an appearance on WWE – Die Woche on Instagram Live, Stratton was asked about her worst travel experience, and she recalled things nearly ending in disaster during one trip to London.
The Women’s Champion said that she didn’t realise that Mace is considered a firearm in the UK, and so attempted to take it through their airport. Once it was discovered, she was detained and interviewed by police, but eventually allowed to board her flight home.
“I think I was in the UK. I think it was London Heathrow airport. So, I hope this doesn’t get me in trouble or anything but, I had Mace on me and… Mace is considered a firearm in the U.K. and I don’t know how but someone told me you can’t even travel with Mace in America but I was traveling with it like everywhere I went so, I got through TSA fine with my Mace in America.
However, I went to London Heathrow and they found the Mace and basically they… I think they kind of detained me and they put me in a little corner, and then a police officer had to come, it took like a whole hour. They asked me all these questions and eventually, they let me go, but I almost missed my flight.
Everybody was waiting for me, with WWE, and it was kind of just such a mess and I was so scared that I was gonna get arrested and had to have stayed in the U.K. or something like that but it all worked out, it was fine.
They understand that, you know, Mace is considered a firearm in the U.K. but, not in America so, that is my craziest travel story… It was so intense though. It was so intense. It was like, ‘Nope, you gotta go over here. Don’t talk to anybody.’ It was very intense and crazy.”
Stratton’s most recent visit to the UK came during WWE’s pre-WrestleMania 41 European tour.
At Evolution, Tiffany Stratton successfully defended the Women’s Championship against Trish Stratus. As a result, she’ll now move on to defend the title against Jade Cargill at SummerSlam in early August.
H/t to Fightful