5 Lesser known facts about AEW Women's Champion Britt Baker

#3. A real-life WWE couple helped AEW Women's Champion Britt Baker work on her wrestling skills

Adam Cole’s arrival in AEW will hopefully allow fans to see him and Britt Baker perform together.

Surprisingly, a real-life WWE couple helped train Baker during her early days. While studying dentistry, she trained in Absolute Intense Wrestling in Cleveland, Ohio, under Johnny Gargano and Candice LeRae.

Gargano and LeRae are among the best wrestling couples in the wrestling industry, and the two helped the AEW Women’s Champion reach where she is today. Britt Baker spoke highly of The Poison Pixie during a recent interview with Uproxx.

“Candice LeRae actually helped train me, and even to this day she’ll watch my shows, watch the matches, she’s always checking in on me, like when I was injured, she was always making sure I was okay. She really helped me in all aspects of wrestling, kind of teaching me the ropes behind the scenes —what to do, what not to do. And obviously in the ring, she helped me learn the art of professional wrestling. She’s somebody I will always be thankful for, that I have her in my life, and get to sit under her learning tree. Because she’s really done it all, when she was on the independent scene. Now that she’s on a platform where she gets to show the world what she’s capable of? I wish her the best and then some. And she still, even to this day, has so much more that she’s capable of that the world has not seen. And they just need to sit back and wait, because Candice LeRae is literally one of the best wrestlers in the world.”, said Britt Baker.

#BloodSport: Britt Baker vs Candice LeRae in 6 days! pic.twitter.com/ARpU3C91ug

— Absolute Intense Wrestling (@aiwrestling) September 3, 2016

It’s great to see that even though LeRae and Britt Baker are working on rival promotions, The Poison Pixie is still ready to reach out and check on her student.