AEW star Jamie Hayter recently discussed various topics, including women’s wrestling, in an interview with Soundsphere Magazine.
Hayter said, “There’s been a lot of changes for the better, but I can’t sit here and be like, ‘It’s so great now!’ because there’s just so much more work that can be done. But I can’t say that there haven’t been changes, because there have – and all the women have worked so hard for them. But there’s still stuff to be done.”
On women’s wrestlers still facing greater scrutiny than the men:
“I feel like as a woman, we are probably under the microscope a lot more than men are. If you have a bad match, then it’s like ‘Oh my god, you’re the worst wrestler ever’. Whereas a guy could have a bad match and it’s like, ‘Oh well’, or if you don’t look a certain way, then they don’t like that either.”
On fans questioning her new ’70s-inspired look and making Scooby-Doo comparisons:
“It’s just all these things that kind of pile on top of being a woman’s wrestler, right? I think it adds to the anxiety and the pressure of performing.”
On a recent RevPro card not featuring any women’s wrestlers:
“There are plenty of women in the UK who don’t get opportunities, who aren’t wrestling on the show. There’s definitely plenty of them around. A promoter’s gonna be a promoter at the end of the day. Some promoters, I think very clearly don’t care about women’s wrestling.”
