Ashley Vega details her love for Victoria (aka Tara).
As a young wrestling fan, Ashley Vega drew heavy inspiration from the Divas era of WWE, specifically from the likes of Trish Stratus, Mickie James, and Victoria. After Victoria departed from WWE in 2009, though, Vega followed her transformation into the tough, spider-wielding Tara of TNA Wrestling. It was during this time that Vega’s admiration for Tara/Victoria grew even deeper.
“I feel like her TNA run was something I remember the most because she had obviously left WWE and it just f felt a little like she wasn’t done, but she was done. So it was very confusing. And I just like wish that she was given more at that time. But to see her come back to TNA and then have these amazing, amazing matches with Mickie [James], Gail [Kim], ODB, all the matches and storylines that she had, it just felt like she had leveled up,” Vega told WrestleZone’s Ella Jay. “She took Tara to a different level.”
“I have a fear of spiders, and I just thought it was so f*cking badass coming out with this huge tarantula. It terrified me, but I just remember thinking, ‘Oh, that’s so badass.’ … It was so cool. I just thought she was insanely impressive. And a lot of the moves I do are inspired by her. So I do take a lot of inspiration from her. Her TNA run stands out so much to me. She’s one of the GOATs (greatest of all-time).”
Tara’s run in TNA Wrestling spanned four years, beginning with her explosive arrival in May 2009. In the years that followed, Tara boasted five reigns as TNA Knockouts Champion before departing from the promotion in 2013.
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