Tiffany Stratton Reveals Why WWE Dropped Her “Daddy’s Little Rich Girl” Gimmick in NXT

Tiffany Stratton is living her Barbie dream on WWE’s main roster, but her journey to glam superstardom nearly took a very different turn.

During her interview on No-Contest Wrestling with O’Shea Jackson Jr., Stratton opened up about WWE scrapping her original “daddy’s girl” gimmick in NXT—and why it never made it past the early stages.

Stratton revealed that the character was modeled after real-life pop culture icons like Sharpay Evans from High School Musical and Paris Hilton. But it didn’t last long once WWE officials realized they had no storyline endgame in sight.

“Yeah. So the daddy’s little rich girl gimmick kind of came from like Sharpay Evans from High School Musical or like Paris Hilton,” she explained. “I think so we went with it for a little bit and then Shawn was like, ‘I don’t — we don’t have a daddy for you. We don’t really have a payoff.’ So I think we kind of just need to scrape it.”

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Rather than fight the change, Stratton embraced the pivot. She noted that her newer persona—more Barbie than brat—is one she feels far more comfortable with.

“That’s what we ended up doing, which is totally fine because, you know, I don’t think I needed to be like daddy’s little rich girl. I think, you know, just being the blonde pink Barbie doll was enough. So that’s kind of why that happened.”

Stratton added that her character has evolved naturally since the change, and fans have continued to connect with her newer glam-infused vibe, both in NXT and now on SmackDown.

Dropping the “daddy’s girl” angle may have been the best thing for her career—and she’s proving that she doesn’t need a fictional father figure to shine in the spotlight.

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