Steph De Lander Credits Total Divas For Inspiring a Generation Of Female Wrestlers

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TNA Wrestling star Steph De Lander appeared on Gabby AF to discuss several topics, including how influential Total Divas was to her generation of women wrestlers.

De Lander said, โ€œI think that entire era of Total Divas women was so influential and so impactful for my generation of girls coming up and people coming into wrestling. [They] brought so many casual fans into the wrestling world because they were literally on E! watching like โ€˜Oh whatโ€™s this stuff?’ I think they never get enough credit for how many new eyes they brought to wrestling. When I first started watching wrestling, not a single girl had a t-shirt on the [WWE] website and it was like that for years. Then once that boom started, then all of a sudden, the Bellas are selling more merch than most people on the roster. That whole era was so influential for the women.โ€

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