New Raw Women’s Champion Nikki A.S.H. (Almost a Super Hero) has gone into detail in a number of interviews about how she created and pitched her new persona to WWE management. But in an appearance on Ryan Satin’s Out of Character Podcast on Monday, Nikki revealed the role current superhero films played in her idea. She explained that the box office success of female-led comic book films like Captain Marvel (1.128 billion in 2018) and the first Wonder Woman (822.3 million in 2017) was included in her pitch, saying, “I looked into research. So Wonder Woman, what were the numbers like at the box office? It was successful, but how much money did it make? [I was] looking at how much money Captain Marvel made, looking at the success, especially of female-led superhero movies and female-led television shows.
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Including box office numbers and money-driven data for big female led superhero franchises to help support her new character pitch was a brilliant move IMO.
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