Tiffany Stratton proposes return of her daddy’s girl gimmick in WWE
Cageside Seats • 2 min read • Latest: Jul 9, 2026, 11:00 PM
Last updated Jul 9, 2026

Tiffany Stratton, the women’s United States champion in WWE, has expressed a desire to revamp her character, which she feels has become stale. Following not making the cut for WrestleMania 42 after participating in the championship match at WrestleMania 41, Stratton is considering bringing back her 'rich daddy’s girl' gimmick from NXT 2.0. She addressed her ideas about the potential revival in an interview, suggesting there may now be an appropriate 'daddy' to create a storyline payoff. The character reintroduction is being seen as a way to reignite her popularity on the main roster.
- •Tiffany Stratton is the current women’s United States champion.
- •She expressed her character feels stale in 2026.
- •Stratton aims to return to a heel persona.
- •She discussed reintroducing her daddy’s girl gimmick.
- •Stratton hopes for a payoff to the new character on SmackDown.
- 11:00 PMCageside Seats — Tiffany Stratton wants to change her gimmick and ‘have a daddy’ in WWE
"Tiffany Stratton is the current women’s United States champion in WWE, but it seems pretty clear that she is less over in 2026 than she was in early 2025. To prove the point, I’ll note that Tiffy Time was in the WWE women’s championship match one year ago at WrestleMania 41, but she didn’t even make the cut for this year’s WrestleMania 42 card. Earlier this year, Stratton admitted that her character is stale, and indicated that she wants to go back to being a heel. With that in mind, Tiffany is now talking about maybe bringing back her rich daddy’s girl gimmick from NXT 2.0. In an interview with KFAN’s Maxx Fuller, Stratton said NXT head honcho Shawn Michaels veered away from it there because they didn’t have a daddy for her. Maybe it’s time for that to change on the WWE main roster. “Yeah, it’s kind of just like, you send in the pitch and you move on, and hope they go with it. But honestly, I may re-pitch the daddy’s little rich girl stuff. The reason why HBK didn’t want to go with it, I think, was because they just didn’t have a daddy for me. There was never a payoff so, maybe I could have a daddy now on SmackDown, and [there can be] a payoff.” Do you think it is a disaster waiting to happen if WWE finds a daddy for Tiffany Stratton on SmackDown, or is this exactly what she needs to get hot again on the main roster? If the gimmick does return, who should be the daddy? Let me know your thoughts on her idea and overall WWE trajectory in the comments below, Cagesiders.
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