Paige VanZant made her in-ring debut at AEW Double or Nothing 2022, teaming with Scorpio Sky & Ethan Page to battle Sammy Guevara, Frankie Kazarian, & Tay Conti.
VanZant was a former UFC fighter who trained at American Top Team and competed in Bare Knuckle FC before signing with AEW. She trained Gangrel ahead of her in-ring debut. VanZant has not been back in AEW since her contest at Double or Nothing in 2022.
Speaking to Jeremy Lambert & Joel Pearl on In The Weeds, Gangrel gave an update on PVZ.
"You haven't seen her and I haven't seen her," he said with a laugh. "I think she broke her foot. She did that match, I was there that weekend because I did something with the Young Bucks for AEW. Came home, she said she was going to come review the match, and I didn't see her. I haven't seen her. A week ago, she wrote me saying she wanted to come back and start training, but I haven't heard back from her. I said, 'I'm here, I've been here the whole time.' She had a lot of potential. She seemed to like it. She picked it up naturally. I don't know what happened to her. It's a crazy world, they make so much money on these OnlyFans, they can cash in on that instead of getting out there and grind. I don't know. She did write me saying she wanted to comeback and train. She had a lot of potential and if she would have trained steady at it, like you do anything in life, she could have been very successful."
VanZant suffered a foot injury in December 2022.
In December 2022, Tony Khan stated he would love to have VanZant back in AEW. It is unknown if or when she will return to the ring or BKFC.
Fans can check out the full interview with Gangrel in the video above.
