Paige Interview WWE: "Fastlane," NXT, Her Proposed Names

In preparation for her match against Divas Champion Nikki Bella at the inaugural “Fastlane” event, WWE Diva Paige has been doing some media rounds. In an interview with CraveOnline.com, Paige discussed her match with Nikki at the “Fastlane” pay-per-view, in addition to many other wrestling topics.

The two-time Divas Champion was asked how here WWE ring-name was chosen, and if there were any other candidates:

“Yeah, there actually was. So when you first get to, it was FCW back then, you give them a list of names of what you want and they bring it down to maybe they will choose it or they will give you like three. They only choose one of my names and that was Paige and they gave me two others. It was Echo and [laughing] I said ‘No.’ Then there was Mara, from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo [Rooney Mara]. So that was the one that stood out to me.”

Paige would continue by hitting on her match with Nikki Bella at “Fastlane” on Feb. 22:

“She is an awesome competitor. I’m very excited to face up against her. I know, hopefully, we’re going to get to tear the house down. It is going to be a good competitive match. You’re going to see some surprises and crazy stuff. I can’t really tell you much about it but tune in and watch cause its going to be great, I promise.”

Paige was also inquired about recent comments from The Bella Twins regarding how there is more emphasis put on the Divas division in NXT than WWE:

“I wish that too. The girls do get longer time so they can really showcase what they can do. I’m so appreciative that we get the time that we do anyway on TV. Me and Nikki [Bella] did a Main Event match and it was literally 13-14 minutes and it was one of my best matches I’ve had. We got to showcase everything and it got such great feedback. I was thinking “Wow!” and we were trending worldwide for hours. People loved it and thought it was the best match of Main Event so it kind of shows that girls can do it.”

Check out the entire interview, here. Paige also discussed “Total Divas,” interesting fan interactions, celebrities she would like to wrestle, and much more.