Bayley says two stars are helping her and Sasha Banks become great WWE Women's Tag Team Champions as she looks towards WrestleMania .

The Boss 'n' Hug Connection, consisting of Bayley and longtime friend/rival Sasha Banks, were crowned the inaugural champions last month.

The pair defeated five other teams inside an Elimination Chamber match at the self-titled pay-per-view to make history for the company.

Since capturing the belts, the duo have stated they’ll put them on the line in any WWE brands, including Raw, SmackDown, NXT and NXT UK.

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Before that, however, they'll make their first defence against Nix Jax and Tamina at the Fastlane pay-per-view in Cleveland, Ohio this Sunday.

Speaking with Mirror Sport's Morgan Richards, Bayley talked about making history, overcoming the struggles of tag team wrestling , returning to NXT, the possibility of a Women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Invitational and what she believes needs to happen at WrestleMania on April 7.

And opening up on her and Sasha's emotions settling in as the first ever women tag champs, the 29-year-old, from Newark, California, reminisced about how desperate they were for the titles to become a reality, once they started to hear rumours backstage.

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She said: "It's just a mixture of being very proud and very happy.

"This is something we never dreamt could be possible and once we realised that this is something that can be done, we went 110% towards it, worked for it and pushed for it.

"We got matching gear and worked on tag moves. We made everybody know that we wanted tag titles, so now that we have it and we get to represent the company, represent women, it's a very proud feeling. It's amazing, I can't believe that we're doing this and I'm so happy."

Seeing WWE's women's division go from strength to strength, Bayley revealed tag titles seemed the obvious next step for the women of WWE going forward.

She said: "You know it's funny, we've had so many tag matches at the live events and on Raw in the past, there's just so many tag matches that we thought it was just crazy that we didn't have tag titles that existed.

"There's so many women, so many talented women about. When we heard rumblings, even if it wasn't true, when we heard rumblings about possible tag titles then we just went all in and we just wanted to push for it as much as possible, make it obvious that we wanted this and that the fans wanted it too.

"It was something just really exciting for us to try and push forward and make it come to life. Whether it was going to happen or not and to see that it's come full circle, come to life and that people really care about it, it's just a beautiful thing."

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Despite being a former Raw Women's Champion and finding success as a singles competitor on the main roster and in NXT, The Hugger admitted the mindset between tag team and singles wrestling has been a totally different game and she and Sasha have had help from some close friends to perfect their style going forward.

She said: "It's so hard. It's so so different. It's a whole different psychology and it's been a struggle to learn, but it’s been very fun.

"Sasha and I are so lucky to have The Revival on Raw with us and we're so lucky to be such good friends with them because they help us so much in understanding the why in so many things. They teach us the psychology of actually being a tag team - people don't understand that.

"When you're in a tag match like you have this tag partner and you make it known that you have this partner that you can work with. There's so many little things, we've had hundred of tag matches, but now that we are The Boss 'n' Hug Connection, we are the Women's Tag Team Champions, we have to up our game as far as these matches go.

"Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder will sit with us and watch matches with us and show us matches that we all learn from and I can't say enough good things about them, because they've helped us so much. I'm just excited to get better."

Known as one of wrestling's most lovable personalities with her caring exterior and sharing hugs with the WWE Universe, Bayley was quizzed whether we could see a more aggressive side to her personality further down the line, following the success of her four horsewomen sister Becky Lynch.

She said: "You know when Sasha makes me mad like last year, then yeah ha ha.

"It always depends on the situation and what is needed of me. There's definitely that inside of me and I think that if I didn't have that kind of fight in me then I wouldn’t have made it this far in WWE because it takes a lot out of you.

"So it's definitely there, it's just knowing when to turn it up."

Since capturing the gold, The Boss 'n' Hug Connection have made it clear that they want to create a legacy to be proud of and to be fighting champions, announcing that they'll defend their titles on all four of WWE's main brands. Started their journey together in NXT, Bayley and Sasha returned to Orlando to lay down the challenge and the former NXT Women's Champion said it felt like a homecoming.

She said: "We just returned home to NXT last week and just that was an incredible feeling, to bring those titles to where it all started for us.

"We had our first matches in that building, we had our first main event in that building. So it was very special. I can't even explain the feeling but if we were able to defend our titles with NXT, no matter where it is, in any building, that is something we really want to do.

"We're pushing for it. I don't know how to explain it, it's kind of a full circle feeling for us because we never teamed together once in NXT and we were always beating the crap out of each other, but now we're coming back as a team and we're fighting side by side.

"It's very cool and being able to help the future, which is NXT, is something that is very humbling to both of us."

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With the duo returning to their roots, many fans online had started pitching ideas for the team to defend their titles in a female version of the annual Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Invitational. The friendly face admitted that it would be a honour to represent The American Dream, a man who helped shape her career, and help give back to the future of sports entertainment that is NXT.

She said: "Yeah I think that would be really cool.

"I kinda wish that we had a tournament to determine the tag titles, just so we could have more matches with different types of teams and everything like that. Like including NXT and including NXT UK.

"I think that would be such a cool thing because we were both very close, me and Sasha were very close to Dusty Rhodes and he helped so much in both our careers that like being able to pay tribute to him in that way and know that we're a part of it, it just makes it more special for everybody in the tournament.

"You're not only fighting for an opportunity but you're also fighting for Dusty and that's such a beautiful thing. Even if you didn't know him, he's someone that knows so much about the business and that you respect so I would love if something like that could happen.

"Maybe we'll just keep tweeting about it and they'll make it happen, ha ha."

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While feeling her excitement of the countless possibilities they can do with the new titles, Bayley admitted that she's been impressed with the women on the NXT UK roster so far and is keeping an close eye on them after they've reminded her of herself from her early NXT days.

She said: "I think it's really cool. Obviously it's a different style, they're very aggressive and hard hitting. They all seem very strong, which is something that I admire.

"It's kinda cool to watch because NXT UK is just starting up and their brand new. You can really see the drive and the passion from these girls because this is something they’re trying to build themselves. They’re trying to build a brand which I can relate to because we did that with NXT years ago you know?

"A lot of eyes are on them but I think they embrace the pressure just like we did. I'm not actually that familiar with how many girls are doing tag teams over there, but any two together would be awesome to work with. I would love to even head on over to the Performance Center and keep our eyes on some of them."

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Reflecting on how far she's seen the rise of the Women’s Evolution in WWE, Bayley took pride in the work and determination that's got the roster to where they are today. When asked to comment on the rumoured main event of WrestleMania 35 between Charlotte, Becky Lynch and Ronda Rousey, she simply said an opportunity like this has always been the division's dream.

She said: "That's been our goal this whole time. Whenever anyone's asked 'what's your goal?', four years ago, five years ago, our answer was always to main event WrestleMania.

"That is still is the answer, until it happens that is still always going to be our answer. That's everybody's answer, whether your male, female, it doesn't matter.

"So the fact that we are very close to it happening, is just like an insane feeling. I'm not going to believe it until it actually happens, but I just love seeing that we've come this far and it's actually in the conversation."

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