Former Raw Women’s Champion Bayley recently spoke with Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated about various topics including wanting to headline WrestleMania by WrestleMania 35, which takes place in 2019. Here are the highlights:
Her WrestleMania goals:
“I plan on headlining WrestleMania by WrestleMania 35,” said Bayley. “I want a one-on-one match with Sasha Banks. A Fatal Four-Way with Sasha, Becky Lynch, and Charlotte would also be great some day at a WrestleMania.”
Dusty Rhodes helping her in NXT:
“For me, the only way I know how to do this is to be myself,” said Bayley. “I actually learned that from ‘The Dream’ Dusty Rhodes. I was trying to be this wrestler and I was trying to be cool, and Dusty literally told me, ‘You’ve got to be yourself.’ That’s really how Bayley started, and that is what brought me this far.”
Doing CrossFit:
“I started CrossFit before WrestleMania 33, and it’s helped my body get a lot stronger,” said Bayley. “Trying to take care of my separated shoulder is very painful. Going through the pain now is going to help me get in the ring faster, so it’s all worth it. This is what I love to do.”
Earlier tonight, Kairi Sane won the inaugural Mae Young Classic tournament by defeating Shayna Baszler in the finals.
Before the event, WWE held a red carpet event and several current and past Superstars were interviewed about the tournament.
Bayley
Bayley stated that her injury was coming along great, but she still hasn’t been able to lift any weights. Bayley said that she would love to see MYC tournament competitor Piper Niven make it to NXT and eventually WWE in the future. She also explained how the Mae Young Classic tournament lights a fire under current Superstars on the main roster because of the talent that could potentially join WWE in the future.
Alundra Blayze
Cathy Kelley interviewed WWE Hall of Famer Alundra Blayze before the finale of the Mae Young Classic tournament tonight. Blayze said that the Mae Young Classic is a dream come true for her because when she was competing, there weren’t too many women for her to wrestle. Blayze stated that the women today have an amazing opportunity in WWE, but they have to capitalize on it.
Charlotte
Charlotte said that she knows she has to work harder now because the talent in the Mae Young Classic is younger and hungrier. Charlotte knows that she has accomplished a lot already in WWE, but that doesn’t mean that it couldn’t all go away quickly because someone else wants to join the roster and take her spot.
Stephanie McMahon
Stephanie stated that she couldn’t be more proud of where the women are today. Stephanie referenced the transition from the Divas division to the Women’s division and how the RAW and SmackDown Women’s Championships are now more akin to the men’s titles in WWE. Women are now called Superstars and are regularly main-eventing WWE television and PPVs. Stephanie said that it was unbelievable how far they have come and how far they are going to go.
Triple H
Triple H believes that in 10 years there will be a lot of girls walking through the ropes in WWE because they were inspired by the Mae Young Classic. Triple H stated that when fans started the “GiveDivasAChance” hashtag, everyone had to listen. Triple H wants the Mae Young Classic to happen every year, but it depends on it’s success.
Triple H said that he wanted the Cruiserweight Classic to happen every year as well, but Vince McMahon wound up turning it into a weekly show so you never know what is going to happen. Triple H added that the tournament was named after Mae Young because she transcended generations.
It seems as though Ronda Rousey is getting closer and closer to stepping in a WWE ring.
The former UFC Champion was in attendance for the Mae Young Classic and she confronted Bayley, Becky Lynch and Charlotte following Shayna Baszler‘s second round match.
Rousey and the ‘MMA Horsewomen’ spoke to WWE.com outside Full Sail University following the encounter but were interrupted by the aforementioned WWE superstars.
Rousey approached Charlotte and stated “You name the time, you name the place.” When there was no response from Charlotte, Rousey said, “Oh, not today? We’re waiting to hear from you.”
WrestleMania 34 next April sounds like a logical venue for this high-profile match. Ronda Rousey’s days in the Octagon most likely done and the former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion reportedly training in the ring with WWE Cruiserweight Brian Kendrick.
Both Rousey and WWE have spoken publicly about the possibility of working together in recent months. During an appearance on ESPN’s First Take last week, Triple H said WWE is prepared to make Rousey an offer to step inside the squared circle.
“Ronda has been a huge fan of WWE her whole life, she’s been very adamant about that,” he said. “She’s done stuff with us before. She’s a huge fan. It’s something that I think she’s definitely interested in and I’ll throw it out right now, if she’s interested, I’ll give her the opportunity.”
Tony Schiavone praised WWE Superstar The Miz earlier today on Twitter. The Miz responded to a tweet sent out by WWE’s account that stated The Miz made his debut over a decade ago. The Miz said that people doubting him is what fueled him to make it this long and that he still fights for respect. Schiavone responded to The Miz and said that the WWE is lucky to have him.
Xaiver Woods is at DragonCon in Atlanta, Georgia this weekend. Woods dressed up as Bayley during the event and danced around. He was then interrupted by someone dressed up as Sasha Banks that shoved him aside.
WWE has released a new Top 10 list on their YouTube channel. The list highlights times in WWE where a Superstar accidentally struck someone that they were not intending to. Big Show knocking over AJ Lee, Macho Man hitting the Elbow Drop on Rick Steiner, Goldberg accidentally Spearing Stone Cold Steve Austin and more are included on the list. You can check out the entire top 10 list in the video below.
Last week during SummerSlam weekend, we had a chance to attend the WWE 2K18 launch party in New York City. SEScoops correspondent Jason Solomon of the popular Solomonster Sounds Off podcast got a chance to speak with Bayley about her shoulder injury, when she expects to be back in the ring, her favorites in the Mae Young Classic tournament and the possibility of Ronda Rousey in WWE.
Regarding her shoulder injury, Bayley said she’s currently undergoing physical therapy. She admitted the process is painful, but she’s thankful she didn’t need surgery.
“I just had my second day of physical therapy today (8/18), which is amazing because you can see the the bruising [on her shoulder], [the doctor] did the scraping which breaks down all the tissues and the muscles, so it’s been nice to actually move my arm. I haven’t been able to put my own hair up or work out or anything, so it’s kind of nice to do that.”
“I know I have a long road ahead but I’m lucky there is no surgery or anything like that. But it’s pretty painful going through the physical therapy. I wasn’t expecting it to be. It’s mentally messing with me, but I’ll be ok, I’ll get through it.
As for when she’ll return, it sounds like “a couple months” is an optimistic time table.
“I’m not sure. They told me it could be a couple months, I’m getting reevaluated in a month or so and will see where I’m at. I’m hoping there I can get the green light but I don’t know.”
When asked about her favorites for the Mae Young Clasic tournament, Bayley has a few picks and she said the tapings she attended exceeded her expectations.
Yeah, I have tons of favorites. I have a lot of friends in there so it was cool to watch. There’s a few people that I didn’t know before, there’s a chick named Piper who just blew my mind. She was amazing, so definitely look out for her. I love Dakotah KAI, Kay Lee Ray, Serena Deeb was one of my mentors coming in from the independents. Everybody, it’s really exceeded all of my expectations.
Bayley also spoke about the possibility of WWE’s Four Horsewomen (herself, Charlotte, Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch) mixing it up with MMA/Ronda Rousey’s Four Horsewomen in a WWE ring one day.
“They were there [at the Mae Young Classic tapings] and we were there, well, Sasha Wasn’t, I know Shayna [Blazer] was in the tournament, she was impressive, so we’ll see what happens, if something were to happen, I would accept it, I’m not scared.”
Check out the full video below, which also includes interviews with WWE Champion Jinder Mahal, Braun Strowman, RAW General Manager Kurt Angle, former RAW Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss and former NXT Champion Bobby Roode.
Posted August 22nd, 2017 in WWE, News. Tagged: Bayley.
Former WWE RAW Women’s Champion Bayley made an appearance at the WWE 2K18 launch party in New York City this past weekend and was interviewed by RauteMusik. During the interview, Bayley offered an update on her injury and also talked about the possibility of turning heel soon. Here’s what she had to say:
Her shoulder injury:
“I just had my second day of physical therapy [last Friday], which was really painful,” Bayley said. “Luckily, I lost my sling, so I’m kind of seeing how it feels without having it. This rock tape really helps, but as you can see it’s really healing up, my physical therapist is doing a lot of stretching with me and kind of breaking down the tissue around it. So, I’m just starting to be able to move it a little bit, but I mean we have to get strength back and have to be able to be in the ring. I get checked in another month or so.”
Turning heel soon:
“I can,” Bayley said. “You never know. [If] you make me mad… I have a bad side you know, I get mad all the time. I could bring it out.”
Posted August 21st, 2017 in WWE, News. Tagged: Bayley.
Neville is once again the King of the Cruiserweights
On this past Monday’s episode of RAW, Akira Tozawa captured the Cruiserweight Championship from Neville via the Swanton Bomb. It was later announced that Neville would get his rematch for the title tonight on WWE SummerSlam.
Akira Tozawa was in control and went for the Senton Bomb onto Neville. Neville was able to get his knees up and Tozawa landed right on them. Neville then quickly hit the Red Arrow onto Tozawa’s back and is once again the Cruiserweight Champion.
WWE uploaded a new video in which Bayley provides an update on her injury and says that she wants to see Sasha Banks win the RAW Women’s Championship tonight at WWE SummerSlam. In the video, Bayley says she is already tired of sitting out and wants to get back in the ring as soon as possible.
It’s SummerSlam Week and the Superstars of WWE are doing the media rounds and participating in community events ahead of Sunday’s big event. Bayley, who will miss SummerSlam due to a shoulder injury, attended Tuesday’s Be A STAR rally in the Bronx and spoke to Mike Johnson of PWInsider about her recovery.
“I just started physical therapy. So, for right now, I’ve never had an injury before that’s kept me out before, so I’m kind of taking it day to day,” she said. “I’m not really sure how long [I will be out]. It’s a couple of months or if it’s a few months of what’s it going to be right now. But, it’s separated, it’s a grade-two separation. It’s like the AC joint and the ligaments and all that stuff, so it’s not easy.”
Bayley said she’s already seeing the swelling in her shoulder go down and she’s regaining some range of motion, but the injury still prevents her from doing everyday tasks.
“Just within the past couple of weeks, I think it’s been two weeks now, I’ve actually been able to move it a little bit and the swelling has gone down a lot. So, the motion is coming back a little bit more, but it’s more about getting the strength and being able to lift my arm in front of me. Like I can’t do my own hair and it’s really hard to do certain things, but I’m just trying to get back as soon as possible, but at a safe pace as well.”
Bayley had been scheduled to face RAW Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss at SummerSlam, but Sasha Banks is getting the title shot after defeating Nia Jax on RAW.
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Posted August 16th, 2017 in WWE, News. Tagged: Bayley.
WWE Hall Of Famer and commentator Jim Ross recently took to his JR’s BBQ website to post another entry in his blog. Ross discussed the recent injuries to Bayley and Scott Dawson, Jinder Mahal defending his WWE Championship against Shinsuke Nakamura at SummerSlam, and the WWE’s UK Show. Here are the highlights:
Injuries to Bayley and Scott Dawson:
“Never a good time for injures in any endeavor, but it looks as both Bayley and Scott Dawson of Revival will miss SummerSlam with injuries. There’s no good time to be injured, but the key ingredient is how does one [prepare] and execute coming back better than when they were before they were injured? Mental preparation for one’s craft doesn’t have to stop because of a ruptured bicep or separated shoulder. Bayley is as good as there is in the women’s division in WWE, while The Revival boys are one of my favorite tag teams to come along in years and remind me so much of Jim Cornette’s famed, Midnight Express teams.”
Jinder Mahal vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the WWE Championship at SummerSlam:
“Curious to see how the Jinder Mahal vs Shinsuke Nakamura title bout at SummerSlam evolves. The Two main events for the WWE and the Universal Titles at SummerSlam are compelling regarding the strategy component, in my opinion. It’s certainly an opportunity to enhance the TV personas of multiple talents i.e. ‘Maximize One’s Minutes.'”
The WWE’s UK Show:
“I get asked often about the WWE U.K. TV show that has been discussed sporadically over the past several months and I don’t have an update, except to say that the idea is still alive and well. I hope to be included with Nigel McGuinness on the broadcast team if and when it happens.”
You can read Ross’ full blog post by visiting this link here.
WWE announced on Monday that Bayley will be unable to compete at SummerSlam. Bayley separated her right shoulder last week during a match with Nia Jax, which you can see below:
A medical evaluation conducted on Monday revealed that Bayley won’t be cleared in time for SummerSlam. She will be on RAW tonight to address the situation.
With Bayley out, who will challenge RAW Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss at SummerSlam? RAW General Manager Kurt Angle has declared that two triple threat matches will take place tonight on RAW. The winners of those matches will square off next week to determine the new #1 contender.
WWE SummerSlam takes place on Sunday, August 20th from Brooklyn, New York.
It now appears unlikely that Bayley will challenge Alexa Bliss for the Raw Women’s Championship at SummerSlam after suffering an injury to her right shoulder during a match against Nia Jax on Raw on Monday.
On Friday, Cathy Kelley reported in this video that the extent of her injury has not been determined due to swelling in and around the injured area. A conclusive diagnosis will be made on Monday at Raw in Toronto.
In WWE.com’s preview for Raw, an indication is given that Bayley won’t be wrestling at SummerSlam, or anytime soon for that matter.
Regarding the situation, WWE.com wrote, “Based on what we have seen, it doesn’t seem likely that The Huggable One will be getting back into the ring anytime soon.”
WWE.com also notes, “If Bayley is unable to compete at SummerSlam, who will challenge the so-called “Goddess of WWE” for her coveted championship? Hopefully, details will emerge on Raw.”
As noted earlier, Matt Hardy claimed that he was “woken” in a RAW Fallout interview with Mike Rome. Hardy has now taken to Twitter to send out some “Woken” wisdom to the masses.
WWE Superstar Bayley suffered a shoulder injury during her match against Nia Jax on RAW Monday night. WWE released a statement last night that stated that Bayley will be evaluated next week. Her match against Alexa Bliss at WWE SummerSlam is up in the air right now. Finn Balor sent out the following tweet and stated that he was thinking of his friend Bayley:
Randy Orton retweets comment bashing WWE’s gimmick matches
Randy Orton faced Jinder Mahal in a Punjabi Prison match for the WWE Championship at WWE Battleground in Philadelphia. The normally loud crowd was essentially silent during the match. This was due to the general lack of interest in the match and the bamboo prison making it difficult for the crowd in attendance to actually see what was going on in the ring. Orton was also a part of a House of Horrors match with Bray Wyatt at WWE Payback earlier this year. That match was also met with a negative reaction from the WWE Universe. Rusev lost John Cena at WWE Battleground in a Flag Match.
WWE Creative Humor is a popular Twitter account that pokes fun at WWE. Below is the comment that Orton retweeted:
"I'll fight you. Just no Punjabi Prison Matches or House of Horrors or Flag Matches or any other bullshit matches" – @RandyOrton#SDLive
— WWE Creative Humor (a sub of TKO Creative Humor) (@WWECreative_ish) August 2, 2017
Bayley faced Nia Jax last night on WWE RAW. During the match, Bayley suffered an injury to her right shoulder. As of now, Bayley is scheduled to face Alexa Bliss for the RAW Women’s Championship at WWE SummerSlam on August 20th, but that match is in jeopardy due to Bayley’s injury.
Below is WWE’s official announcement:
Bayley suffers a shoulder injury Monday night on Raw
During her match with Nia Jax on the July 31 edition of Raw, Bayley suffered an injury to her right shoulder.
The former Raw Women’s Champion was evaluated by medical personnel, but the official diagnosis was inconclusive due to the amount of swelling involved. Bayley has been told to rest the shoulder until next week, at which point doctors are hopeful that the swelling will have sufficiently gone down so that she may be reevaluated and a firm verdict can be reached.
“Everything just tensed up around it,” Bayley told WWE.com shortly after her match on Monday night. “I’ve never had an injury like this before, so I can’t really know what it is. I guess we’re gonna see.”
Dr. Chris Amann told WWE.com, “We’ve determined the injury is shoulder-related, and she will be going under further diagnostic testing later this week to determine the extent of the injury and also establish a timetable for recovery.”
Check back with WWE.com for more details on Bayley’s injury as they become available.
Posted August 1st, 2017 in News, WWE. Tagged: Bayley.
WWE stars Bayley and Kevin Owens took to Twitter over the weekend to praise talents in both New Japan and UK based company PROGRESS.
NJPW star Juice Robinson has had an absolutely incredible breakout year in Japan, his performances as part of the ongoing G1 Climax tournament have seen him receive praise from all corners of the wrestling industry, including Kevin Owens:
Extra Talent-Ed are the newest team to debut in the UK based PROGRESS promotion. The duo of Aaron Solow and Ricky Starks faced #CCK in a losing effort but received rave reviews from the fans in attendance. WWE RAW star Bayley is Aaron Solow’s partner and she wrote the following:
Friendships in WWE don’t tend to last. Many are wondering if recent events may serve as the catalyst to a potential Sasha vs. Bayley rivalry down the road.
Heading into the match Sasha gave a confident interview, one that some might describe as “arrogant”:
Bayley and Sasha Banks Post-Raw Reactions
Bayley won the match last night by countering Banks’ frogsplash into a pinning combination. Banks was visibly upset after the match’s conclusion.
WWE.com reporters caught up with Bayley after the match:
Sasha Banks sent out a somewhat ambiguous tweet after the match:
Fatal 4-Way for Universal Championship announced for SummerSlam
RAW kicked off Kurt Angle coming down to the ring. Angle stated that his son, Jason Jordan, will have first match tonight on the RAW roster. Angle was about to reveal who Brock Lesnar would be facing at SummerSlam when Braun Strowman interrupted. Strowman told Angle that he better be the one that faces Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship. Samoa Joe interrupted and made his way down to the ring. The crowd chanted “Joe!” as he walked down the entrance ramp. Joe got right in front in Strowman’s face and said that he was the man that does not fear Lesnar. Joe then claimed that he definitely doesn’t fear Braun Strowman. Roman Reigns then came down to the ring.
Reigns started talking the crowd started to boo. Reigns claimed that neither Joe or Strowman have done anything in WWE. Reigns listed off his accomplished and brought up how he won the Royal Rumble in Philadelphia. Roman said that the crowd was certainly loud that night, making light of the fact that the crowd was basically silent last night at WWE Battleground at the Wells Fargo Center. Kurt Angle announced that it will be a Fatal 4-Way at SummerSlam. Brock Lesnar will defend his Universal Championship against Roman Reigns, Samoa Joe and Braun Strowman.
RAW GM Kurt Angle then went to leave the ring and Samoa Joe started yelling at him. Joe stated that he is the only Superstar that deserves to face Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam. Braun stated that he doesn’t care about anything else besides stacking bodies. An epic brawl then broke out. Samoa Joe and Roman Reigns teamed up for a moment to beatdown Strowman. Joe had the Coquina Clutch locked in on Strowman and Reigns connected with a Spear onto both Joe and Strowman. Several WWE Superstars then came down to the ring to try to break up the brawl. Strowman beat them all down and then started whipping security guards out of the ring. Strowman then planted Reigns with the Running Powerslam.
Bayley earns a shot at the RAW Women’s Championship at SummerSlam
On tonight’s episode of RAW, Bayley faced Sasha Banks to determine who will get a shot at the RAW Women’s Championship at Summerslam. It was a back and forth match, but in the end Bayley was able to roll-up Sasha for the victory after Banks connected with a Frog Splash. After the match concluded, RAW Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss entered the ring and raised the title in Bayley’s face.
Sasha Banks, Bayley & Mickie James predict tonight’s Fatal 5-Way Elimination Match
Sasha Banks, Bayley and Mickie James gave their predictions for tonight’s Fatal 5-Way Elimination Match at WWE Battleground. Tamina, Natalya, Lana, Becky Lynch and Charlotte will square off tonight to determine who will become the #1 contender for the SmackDown Women’s Championship currently held by Naomi. Mickie James chose Natalya, Bayley went with Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks predicted either Tamina or Natalya will win the match.
Rusev vows to take John Cena down tonight at WWE Battleground
Rusev will face John Cena in a Flag Match tonight at WWE Battleground. Earlier this week, John Cena uploaded a promo about tonight’s match and asked people in Philadelphia to come to WWE Battleground. WWE uploaded a video of Rusev backstage earlier today. In the video, Rusev vowed to take John Cena and the USA down tonight.
Baron Corbin teases cashing in his MITB contract tonight
WWE uploaded a video of Baron Corbin arriving at the Wells Fargo Center earlier today for WWE Battleground. Corbin stated that after he takes care of Shinsuke Nakamura tonight, he will being paying attention during the Punjabi Prison Match for the WWE Championship. Corbin said that maybe there will be an opportunity for him tonight to walk out of Battleground as the new WWE Champion.
Alberto El Patron no longer a suspect in domestic violence incident
Pro Wrestling Sheet is reporting that Alberto El Patron is no longer under investigation by police over the airport incident earlier this month between he and Paige. A rep for the Orlando PD told Pro Wrestling Sheet that “due to the detective’s investigation determining that Paige is the one who should be charged for domestic violence, they no longer view El Patron as a suspect”. Alberto El Patron is the GFW Champion, but is indefinitely suspended by GFW as they investigate the incident. It is unknown at this time if GFW has lifted the suspension since El Patron is no longer viewed as a suspect.
Sasha Banks & Bayley on their match on next week’s RAW
IGN has released the following video of Sasha Banks and Bayley at the San Diego Comic Con. During the interview, the two Superstars began hyping their match on next week’s episode of the RAW. The winner of that match will become the #1 contender for the RAW Women’s Championship. Sasha Banks claimed that she will be the one to win Monday’s match and Bayley reminded her that she usually defeats Banks whenever they face each other.
Bayley, Sasha Banks, Becky Lynch and Charlotte see their new Mattel dolls for the first time
As noted earlier, WWE and Mattel have launched a girls product line with WWE Superstars Brie Bella, Sasha Banks, Natalya, Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch, Alicia Fox and Eva Marie dolls available upon launch. The dolls are available to preorder online at ToysRUs.com and will be available exclusively at Toys “R” Us stores on Monday, July 24th. WWE just posted a video of Bayley, Sasha Banks, Becky Lynch and Charlotte seeing the dolls for the first time at San Diego Comic-Con International.
Sasha Banks on going from being shy to being The Boss
WWE posted a video earlier today of Sasha Banks looking back on her initial WWE photo shoot. Sasha opened the envelope to reveal the picture and started to laugh. Sasha stated that she was trying to pose like Trish Stratus during the photo shoot. Sasha also said that at the time she was trying to be someone that she is not. Banks went on to say that she is not a model and that she hates taking pictures. Banks also said that she was nervous upon arriving to WWE, but she kept at it and became The Boss.
WWE’s “Kurt Angle – The Essential Collection” DVD is being released on August 1st. WrestlingDVDNetwork.com has released the intro for the upcoming DVD set. This is the first DVD set WWE has released for Kurt Angle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8b9A9YBGTo
Bayley Gummy Bears
Bayley has new gummy bears at FYE stores. The box art features “wacky, waving, inflatable, arm-flailing Bayley Buddies” as Byron Saxton would say. Bayley posted the following photo of Carmella posing with the new gummy bears:
Several matches were set up for next week’s RAW on Monday night. Sasha Banks and Bayley approached RAW GM Kurt Angle backstage and both said that they deserve a shot at Alexa Bliss’ RAW Women’s Championship. Bayley stated that she has defeated Alexa Bliss twice recently and Sasha Banks noted that Bliss got herself counted out to retain the title against her at WWE Great Balls of Fire. Kurt Angle then made a match for next Monday between Banks and Bayley to determine who will face Alexa Bliss at SummerSlam for the RAW Women’s Championship.
Finn Balor faced Elias Samson on Monday night and was looking like he was going to be victorious. The action spilled outside the ring while Balor was in control and Elias Samson grabbed his guitar and bashed Balor in the head with it. The strike was so brutal that he busted Balor’s head open. On next week’s episode of RAW, Balor will look to get his revenge in a No DQ match against Samson.
Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins kicked off Monday’s RAW. Ambrose still doesn’t fully trust Rollins as a result of him turning his back on The Shield. Rollins asked Ambrose to get it over with and begged Ambrose to hit him with a chair. Ambrose refused and threw the chair out of the ring. The Miztourage then came down to the ring and beat the hell out of both Rollins and Ambrose with chairs. Later in the show, Ambrose and Rollins had a conversation with RAW GM Kurt Angle backstage. Angle said that they could face any two members of The Miztourage on next week’s RAW. Ambrose said that they wanted to face all three and Angle made the match official. It will be Ambrose & Rollins against The Miz, Bo Dallas & Curtis Axel next week on RAW.
Below is the video promo that WWE has released for next week’s episode of RAW.
Bayley appeared recently as a guest on the “Stone Cold Podcast” with Steve Austin.
She spoke on a variety of issues, including her relationship with Vince McMahon and potentially turning heel.
Bayley Interview Highlights
On talking with Vince McMahon:
“I feel comfortable talking to Vince, which seems so crazy for me to say. For me, I’ve been a fan, I’ve been watching him forever, and I’m like, ‘yeah, I’m comfortable to talk to Vince McMahon.’ Yeah, but if it was something I felt really strongly about, like I had the perfect idea, and I have the direction I want. I want ideas. I want kind of… I’m not going to go in there and be like, ‘hey, I feel weird – maybe I should change a little bit.’ I want to have exactly the idea of what I want to present to him and I’d probably just go to Vince because that’s the only way to go, if it’s something like that.” Bayley admitted, “I’ve talked to him a few times to where I’m like, ‘now, I feel fine.’ Like he’s still intimidating as hell when he walks by and you want to make sure you’re on your best behavior, but I feel comfortable enough.”
On possibly turning heel:
“It breaks my heart even thinking about it! And so, when I do have these ideas, like, I write everything down, ideas, just in case, they want ideas, ‘like, okay, we’re going to do this,’ I have ideas for that. But even just thinking about that, like one day, I was like, ‘yeah, I’m going to pitch this! I’m going to do it! Like, I want to be a heel!’ And then, I went out that night for our match and I saw maybe five or six girls dressed up like me and we had met these girls before the show that were just in tears meeting us. I was like, ‘okay, no, I can’t do it! I can’t turn my back on them. I don’t know what would happen.’”
Posted July 14th, 2017 in News, WWE. Tagged: Bayley.
RAW Superstar Bayley is Steve Austin’s guest on the latest episode of the Steve Austin Show podcast over at PodcastOne.com. During Part 1 of their discussion, Bayley spoke about her upcoming first trip to Japan, traveling with Sasha Banks, Dusty Rhodes, John Cena, what she loved about Eddie Guerrero and more.
Bayley portrays a squeaky-clean babyface character in WWE, but one of her main inspirations as a wrestler is Eddie Guerrero. She’s particularly a fan of Eddie’s heel work and his ability to make fans hate him.
“As far as wrestling and stuff, and [Eddie] being amazing and being able to do it all, literally one of the guys that can do it all, I remember watching him — this was like a couple of years ago, so I was already here — and I was watching his old matches in WCW when he was just a heel coming out with his hair soaking wet,” she said.
“He looked miserable! You don’t get that anymore out of heels being like coming out like they’re completely miserable and that makes you like… ‘Dude, if you don’t want to be here just don’t come then!’ That’s how I felt watching him. It’s like ‘Why are you even doing this if you don’t even want to do it?'”
It remains to be seen if we’ll ever see Bayley’s character snap and turn heel, but she plans to take the same approach as Eddie Guerrero did to turn fans against her.
“And then he’d get into the ring and be so nasty and just have that look of like disgust and he was too good for it all. I don’t know, it was something about that, like, I always told myself too if I were to ever be heel I want to make myself so miserable because that’s one of the most hateable things, I think”
WWE Commentators JBL and Corey Graves recently sat down on the WWE Network’s Bring It To The Table to discuss a number of professional wrestling topics, including the current struggle former WWE RAW Women’s Champion Bayley is going through on the main roster. Here’s what they had to say:
Graves saying Bayley is not the same person that she was in NXT:
“Having been there, and witnessed, and commentated on most of the rise of Bayley, I was there firsthand and watched her growth from when she arrived in FCW at the time to what she evolved into and all these different character transitions. And once the Bayley character caught fire, man, I don’t think there was a person in this company that didn’t see it as a license to print money.
“Little girls were showing up to the buildings with the headbands, and the merchandise, and Bayley was it. And this is also the same Bayley that a few months ago at WrestleMania retained the RAW Women’s Championship at WrestleMania, on top of the world. For some reason, I don’t know what the disconnect is, but this isn’t the same Bayley that got her to the dance.”
JBL stating that it’s possible that Bayley might not make it on the main roster:
“I think with Bayley though, it hadn’t transcended to the audience. Look, just because you make it some place doesn’t mean you’re going to make it in another. Look at Johnny B. Badd. He was one of the first, if not the first guaranteed contract WWE gave out during the Monday Night Wars. He came over as Marc Mero and he failed so miserably that at the end of his contract, they just let him sit home and paid him.
“They weren’t even bringing him in to get him beat by somebody.” JBL continued, “I think Bayley has a chance of not making it. But remember Isaac Yankem came in and wasn’t working, and fake Diesel, and became a Superstar that’s going to go into the [WWE] Hall Of Fame. ‘Stone Cold’ came in with a monster push as ‘The Ringmaster’ with Ted DiBiase. That didn’t work out.”
WWE has released a series of videos of female Superstars from RAW and NXT discussing the first-ever women’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match Sunday at the PPV. Alexa Bliss and Bayley predicted Carmella as the winner of the match. Ember Moon and Sasha Banks predicted Tamina to win the match on Sunday. Ruby Riot predicted that Becky Lynch will be the Superstar that grabs the briefcase. You can check out the full interviews about the ladder match in the videos below.
Alexa Bliss has gotten the best of Bayley on the past few episodes of RAW. Tomorrow night, Bliss is set to defend her RAW Women’s Championship against Bayley in a Kendo Stick On A Pole match at Extreme Rules. Alexa Bliss recently spoke to The Baltimore Sun and here are some highlights from the interview:
How she is different from Bayley:
“Oh yeah, we are polar opposites. Bayley is huggable and likes to dole out high fives. I could care less if anyone likes me. I don’t want to touch people, come on. That just makes our rivalry just that much better because we are such opposites that the feud clicks. In the ring, I just find a lot of joy in taking everything that she has away. If she goes to high five someone, I’m going to hit her after she high fives them. It’s just a lot of fun, and makes the feud that much better.”
On Bayley being the underdog even though she is bigger:
“Here’s the thing with that, Bayley does a great job of doing what she does. She has her strengths. Obviously she is the ultimate underdog, and I don’t think that my size has an impact on that. I feel like I have a big enough attitude to be 6 feet tall. I think that helps a lot. I just have to make sure that my attitude is big enough to keep it so that nobody likes me. And Bayley knows what she’s doing; she wouldn’t be in the position that she’s in if she didn’t know what she was doing and wasn’t such an amazing underdog.”
Whether she has been in a Kendo Stick On A Pole match and if she is prepared:
No, I have never. I am quite nervous about it actually. I have hit Bayley with that thing so many times and I have a feeling that she really wants to get me back for that. I’m actually kind of nervous about trying to reach the thing. It’s a race to see who can get to it first. I don’t know if you know this, but I’m 5 feet tall. I don’t know if I can reach all the way up there to grab that stick. Do I let Bayley grab it first and then take it away from her? I don’t know. That’s what my main concern is, what if I climb up there and then just can’t reach it? I’m hoping that doesn’t happen, but if it does, I’ll have to do whatever it takes to get it down.