Paige VanZant has finally made her official pro wrestling debut with AEW and it was quite the event. It was a victorious debut for '12 gauge' and she's not slowing down any time soon.

As a member of American Top Team, Paige VanZant was able to score a huge victory. After the AEW event was done, VanZant spoke to The Schmo and gave her take on making her official debut.

“I’m feeling great. I went out there, we got the win, I feel like I put on an impressive performance,” AEW star VanZant declared. “I showed everybody [that I’m] meant to be a pro wrestler too. I never give myself a perfect grade. There’s always room for improvement [and] I’m only going to get better. I just started training pro-wrestling but you got to see how quickly I picked up pro-wrestling moves and I showed all the girls in the division they got somebody to look out for now.”

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Paige VanZant has made it clear that she still plans on competing in fighting in some form or another despite competing in pro wrestling with AEW. Currently, she has a Bare Knuckle Fighting Championships main event set for London in July.

The training is very different for pro wrestling compared to bare-knuckle boxing, both need her to be in phenomenal shape. It is not exactly clear what AEW plans to do with Paige VanZant but what is clear is that she has a bright future in the organization if she continues to compete on regular basis.