Piper Niven On The Evolution Of Her “Doudrop” Character In WWE
Doudrop battled under the ring name Piper Niven throughout her time in NXT UK. Vince McMahon altered Niven’s name following her WWE primary lineup launching. At the Royal Rumble pay-per-view occasion on Saturday night, the Scottish wrestler returned as Piper Niven by getting in the Women’s Royal Rumble match as the 18th entrant.
While talking to My San Antonio ahead of the Royal Rumble, Niven talked about the advancement of her character in WWE.
You can take a look at some highlights from the interview listed below:
On being offered the Doudrop character:“When I was provided Doudrop, it actually took me a minute to find out who she was expected to be, and I felt I had actually simply begun to enter the swing of things with her. I am a plus-sized JoJo Siwa. And I resembled, ‘I can do that.’ They were like, ‘Hey, I require you to be a heel.’ And I resembled, ‘What?’ It was kind of tough to alter up that character. With the time away, something I didn’t understand is rather typical is that when professional athletes get hurt, they go type of insane, due to the fact that you are sitting in the house, and you do not have your outlet. It truly did a number on me psychologically and made me do some treatment work and diving into my past to assist me recognize some things. It’s been a fascinating couple of months, and I am anticipating bringing the real-life experience I had and making it a part of my story. And I hope it raises awareness with a great deal of individuals, due to the fact that I believe it is something a great deal of individuals go through.”
On pitching concepts to Triple H and innovative:“It was truly stressful really, due to the fact that I have actually never ever pitched anything to innovative prior to. I’ve done matches, however absolutely nothing ever like genuine huge character things. This was truly stressful, since it came from a real-life experience, and due to the fact that it is something I am enthusiastic about. When I approached them, I simply didn’t desire it to be declined. They called me in and resembled, ‘Hey, do you have some concepts?’ And I resembled, ‘Well, this has actually been going on in my reality, and I believe it would be cool to work that into a story.’ And thankfully, they were so responsive and actually, truly liked it. It is extremely interesting.”
On the dive from NXT UK to the primary lineup:“It was insane, due to the fact that nobody has actually ever gone directly from NXT UK to the primary lineup prior to. I was actually diving into the unidentified. Even things like moving were hard since when you move from NXT UK to NXT there are a great deal of individuals there that have actually been through the exact same thing and procedure so they can recommend and assist you in what you require to do. I was going from NXT UK to the primary lineup, and not everybody is based in Florida, and they have actually never ever been in my shoes. I felt like I was going at it alone. It was the pandemic, so my partner could not feature me, and I was surviving on my own in Florida for 6 months, simply actually winging it. It was a lot, however it was cool. It was cool to feel a bit like a leader.
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