WWE star Bayley recently spoke with Brian Fritz of SportingNews.com and below are some interview highlights:
On which brand she wanted to end up on in the WWE Draft:
“I saw that Carmella had gone to ‘SmackDown’ and I thought that would be amazing since we’re best friends but, at the time, the championship was on ‘Raw,’ so that was also where I wanted to be because that’s one of my goals, to be the WWE Women’s Champion,” Bayley said. “I was kind of leaning more toward ‘Raw’ because I knew Carmella and I would still see each other — we still talk all the time — but I needed to be in that title picture, and having to be on the same roster as Sasha (Banks) has been really helpful as well.”
On why it benefited her being called up later than the other WWE “Four Horsewomen”:
“If I were to have debuted as the same day as Sasha, Charlotte and Becky, I wouldn’t have grown as much as I did. Being with NXT for that extra year really put the pressure on me having to be the champion and leading the division. We were going to all these places for the first time. So, to be at the forefront of all that was really important to me.
“Also, just working with all the younger girls and the newer girls, girls that were just starting up, girls that were just trying to get comfortable on shows and working with people like Asuka and Nia Jax. Those are two different competitors that I would have never had the opportunity to work with had I gone up the same time as them.”
On advice given to her by Triple H:
“He always tells me that people will always remember the way you make them feel,” Bayley said. “They might not remember the moves, they might not remember the match, but they’re always going to remember how you made them feel. That’s always something that sticks with me. So when I make my entrance to the ring or give someone a high-five, I want them to feel happy and always remember that moment.”
Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.
