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Kendal Gray and Kali Armstrong are two professional wrestlers who represent the future of WWE’s women’s division.
Each rising Superstar was able to capture the WWE Evolve Women’s Championships during their time on the developmental promotion and has made a major impact since being called up to the NXT brand. Gray won the Women’s Iron Survivor Challenge and Armstrong informed Lola Vice that she was getting the NXT Women’s Championship.
WWE Hall of Famer Booker T analyzed Gray and Armstrong’s meteoric rise in the company so far in a recent interview with Pakinomist Digital.
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Kendal Grey, left, and Kali Armstrong have been named the future of WWE. (Getty Images)
“She’s proven that she’s a special man. She’s a special talent even in her infancy. Then again, I wouldn’t want to push Kendal too quickly because right now she’s being highly touted as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, women’s wrestlers to come to the WWE system,” he said.
“I don’t want her to get a big head or anything like that because she’s so young to the business and she’s picked it up so quickly. But then again, psychology. When she learns that, oh man, she’s going to be hell to deal with. She’s going to be something very, very special. But she’s got to really lean into learning that side of it.”
Booker T said Armstrong also has the ability to be great. But there were still certain skills she needed to hone before her greatness could be achieved.
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“She’s a very, very special talent. The first Evolve Women’s Champion. And then she lost that championship to Kendal Grey. I told her, ‘There’s a reason why you lost that championship. We’ve got to find out.’ You have to put yourself in a position where if you lose it, it comes right back to you,” he said.
Kali Armstrong, Evolve Women’s Champion, enters the ring during NXT at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Fla., on July 15, 2025. (Matt Pendleton/WWE)
Kendal will appear during NXT at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Fla., on January 6, 2026. (Craig Melvin/WWE)
“Again, there are the building blocks that we have to work with Kali. Me personally, I want to work with Kali person-to-person, on a one-on-one perspective, to just hone that skill, to tell her the details. I always say what you do before and what you do after … She’s got it all. She checks so many boxes, but I’m looking forward to something.”
Gray was an amateur wrestling star in high school and was on Team USA’s national wrestling team at one point.
Armstrong was a track and field star in college before signing with WWE.
“But as far as the ceiling goes, very, very high for both of these ladies,” added Booker T.
Booker T will make his NXT debut at the Ball Arena in Denver, Colo., on September 1, 2024. (Eric Johnson/WWE)
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Both Gray and Armstrong will be among the talent appearing on Season 3 of “WWE Legends and Future Greats” on A+E. The new season begins on Sunday evening at 10 p.m. ET.
