Bayley recently spoke about becoming a mentor in the WWE locker room and how much she values helping rising talent.
Speaking on Busted Open Radio, Bayley said she has noticed more wrestlers coming to her for advice and feedback. She said, “I don’t take it lightly. It’s hard to feel like that. I feel like it’s come not naturally, obviously. I just started realizing it more within the last few years, where people are coming to me asking for feedback or advice or their opinion on something.”
“I’m like, ‘Okay, do they actually value what I have to say?’ It’s made me realize when I watch matches now, or if I’m watching my friends have a match, I need to pay attention, not just watch as a fan now.”
“I don’t know everything, and I see things very different than a lot of people. Lyra and I don’t really see eye to eye on some wrestling stuff. It’s just I feel differently about things. I love being able to share what I’ve learned from Naomi about perseverance and about pushing through.”
Bayley mentioned stars like Naomi, Natalya, and John Cena as people who influenced her. “I love what I’ve learned from Nattie about the same thing and how to treat people. I love passing on what I’ve learned from Cena with just storytelling, keeping it simple, how we overcomplicate things, and listening.”
She continued, “I love being able to share that. It’s not all coming from me. I don’t know. I’ve just gathered all this information. The more that we could share that, and then they could pass that along. It just keeps going and going. I love this position.” [H/T: Fightful]
After more than a decade in WWE, Bayley has become one of the respected leaders in the locker room. Many rising WWE stars have also named her as one of their inspirations.
