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>It is almost unfathomable to compare Hayter’s current place to where she was during the pandemic. Only two years ago, she was out of work, without a place to live and contemplating retirement from the ring.
>“There was no work in Japan,” says Hayter, whose real name is Paige Wooding. “I was supposed to go home; then they’d bring me back. I left, but I didn’t have anywhere to live. I remember saying, ‘Holy s---, I’m homeless.’ I had nowhere to go and no idea what I was going to do. Fortunately, I stayed with my friends and lived on their couch.
>There were five of us living there, and they had a gym in their garage, which was a godsend. Without that, I would have gone completely insane. I thought I was never going to wrestle again. Toni Storm was in a similar situation, and she stayed there, too.”
