The artist formerly known as Summer Rae shared how Triple H offered valuable guidance to help her navigate the sudden spotlight of joining the main roster.
Summer Rae was thrown into the spotlight as Fandango’s valet when she was called upon because his original dance partner was unable to travel to Europe. She struck a chord with fans, and when she was set to be replaced for the initial partner, the WWE fanbase took to the internet to show their displeasure. These gripes led to the company making Rae Fandango’s full time partner, which was a huge culture shock to her as she had only been in FCW and NXT months prior to her main roster debut.
In a recent interview with the Wrestling Classic, Summer Rae reflected on her main roster call-up and the advice Triple H gave her on stepping into the role of a valet.
“What happened was Twitter lost their minds. I debuted. She (Fandango’s original dance partner) couldn’t go overseas because she wasn’t an employee with WWE. So they brought me. London RAW happened, I debuted, Chris Jericho against Fandango, Jericho takes me, dips me. It’s probably the most attention the dancer got, but it just happened to be me, so they should have changed the storyline that week.
The Internet was so happy, next week we go home, I’m not on TV. Internet loses their mind. It’s before Give Divas A Chance, so it’s before we knew that WWE cared about socials so then one week went by, maybe two, I got called up and Hunter said, ‘okay, The only reason you’re here is because the internet lost their mind. Watch Chyna in DX, see how she valets, emulate what she does,’ which I thought Chyna, I couldn’t take my eyes off Chyna. So it was a bad example is what he said. He just was like, I always want you a little bit behind Dango. I always want you looking at him, never into the camera. So in that moment, Hunter gave me a quick crash course of valeting and I never left.”
h/t Fightful