Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn are honored to be in the position they're in.
Speaking with The Sunday Post, the NXT Women's Tag Team Champions expressed how rare it is for them to be in the WWE with so many other incredible Socttish talents.
“There’s five million people in Scotland, so we’re one in a million,” Dawn laughed. “It’s so out of this world, because we are such a small country and we never thought this would happen. It’s a big opportunity for us to be inspirations for people in Scotland. We’ve got the accents, but we’re on live TV Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays. We’re hoping that we can show people that you can come from Scotland and the sky’s the limit. We’re testament to that.”
Alba would jump in and say that they thought their accents would hold them back.
“We always thought the accents would hold us back, but they love it here. We never thought a couple of wee lassies from Johnstone and Glesga could ever be doing this!," she said.
Dubbed 'The Unholy Union, Fyre and Dawn's characters take inspiration from Scottish mythology while incorporating more mystical elements along the way. They would tell The Sunday Post that they are proud bring a little bit of Scotland to the ring with them.
“It’s been really fun,” Fyre said. “Whether it’s fully true to history or not, we’re creating a character, a story. Even the stories I thought I knew about, I’m learning so much more.”
Isla added: “It’s nice to give little nods to our heritage. I’ve always got a bit of tartan on my ring gear. It feels like we’re representing a very small place on a very big stage.”
Dawn & Fyre were drafted to WWE SmackDown as part of the 2023 WWE Draft. On the June 9 episode of WWE SmackDown, they were challenges to a Tag Team Title Unification match by Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler, which they accepted. That bout is set to go down on June 23.
Fightful spoke with Dawn and Fyre during WrestleMania weekend. You can find that interview here.
