Bayley (Picture: WWE)

Former Raw and NXT Women’s Champion Bayley is one of the most popular wrestlers on the WWE roster, and the nine-year veteran has recently returned to television following an injury.

Donny van de Beek slams Man Utd teammates after losing debut vs Crystal Palace

With WWE set to return to the UK early next month,

Hi Bayley. Considering your storyline with Sasha Banks at the moment, a lot of fans are wondering if your character is going to get darker and meaner over the next few months. Are you comfortable if that happens?

It’s something I think about because I know anything is possible when you’re with WWE. I don’t know if I have to go to the dark side, although I do read all the tweets and I do know it’s what the fans are kinda hoping for.




As a performer I need to change in the ring, to be a little bit more aggressive and go about things in a different way rather than Bayley following the rules all the time. I might have to bend the rules a little bit to get what I want this time around.

I realised when I was out with my injury that I need to go about things differently and not let people push me around so much.

How frustrating was it to be out with your recent injury? Did you watch much wrestling while you were recovering?

It was hard for me to watch wrestling because I get really anxious whenever I watch matches. If I see something I like I want to practise it and try it myself.

This sounds like I’m a loser but when I’m feeling down or I need a bit of motivation I do watch old NXT matches because they have some of my favourite memories as a performer in WWE.

I watch a lot of that to put me back on the right mindset – including my match with Nia Jax at NXT Takeover: London. She’s the one I want to get back at, and I defeated her that night! That was a match I watched a few times.

Would you describe yourself as an ambitious person? Do you think people underestimate you at times?

I would like to think I am! I wouldn’t be in this position if I wasn’t. It takes a lot of hard work for anybody to get any type of success in life, but it’s a lot for a person to leave their family every week and travel the road in the dark.

I’d like to think I’m ambitious, and I like proving people wrong and surprising people. It might take me longer than some, but I will show people that I belong here.

You became known as a key member of the women’s revolution on WWE TV. Do you now feel like you and the other female members on the WWE roster are now fully established as equals?

We’re WWE Superstars now, we’re not Divas anymore and we’re main eventing Raw and having huge matches on Pay-Per-View.



There’s two titles on Raw and SmackDown and talented women on both shows including NXT and the Mae Young Classic.

Bayley at Wrestlemania (Picture: WWE)

Everyone talks about the women’s revolution and all this stuff, but it’s okay to stop mentioning it and start accepting it for what it is.

It’s just wrestling, and a lot of us just want to have good matches and be all on one show.

There was uproar on social media a couple of weeks ago when a sexist comment was made at a British wrestling show. Have you ever experienced any comments of that nature at shows?

The thing about our shows as John Cena says all the time is that the fans all have their opinion and they can express it which makes our show so cool.

I was definitely one of those people, when I went to shows I would yell ‘you suck’ at someone that I didn’t like, or make a mean sign if someone was wrestling my favourite.

I’ve never really experienced anything too crazy luckily. I’ve had someone flip me off before, that was probably the craziest thing but I just smiled and waved.

You’ve mentioned on Twitter many times about your love of the band Paramore. Why are you such a big fan of the band?

I’m glad you asked! When I started listening to Paramore I was in High School and they were like 15. Seeing somebody at such a young age have that ambition, I thought holy crap, they were so young. They seemed like cool people and I really liked the music.


As they grew I loved their lyrics, and they always seemed to hit home with me. I just felt a connection right away, and I’m obsessed with Hayley Williams because I think she’s the coolest in her style and everything she does.

Their new album that just came out is probably my favourite one. It’s very different but that’s good, but like I’ve been saying about evolving as a wrestler, that’s what they did as a band.

Have you met Hayley Williams yet?

No I haven’t, but I’m hoping too! I’ve tweeted her a few times. I was talking to Rich Swann about her the other day because she used to go to PWG shows and he was like ‘yeah I played guitar with her once backstage.’

I freaked out and told him I couldn’t believe he’d met and hung out with her! I wanna meet them one day and convince the to play for me at Wrestlemania, that’s my goal.

Finally, and we’ve saved the important question until last, are you still rating black coffee as the best way to consume caffeine?

I try to just go black coffee but when I’m on the road me and Sasha stop for coffee about twice a day.

Sometimes when I’m with her we get the lattes, but we try and make them as healthy as possible. We’ll get almond milk and sugar free syrup! Yesterday I had a sugar free banana with soy milk and two shots of espresso. It was amazing and it didn’t taste as sweet and was super light.


So when I can I do the lattes, but when I’m trying to be good I just do black coffee.

You can see all your favourite Superstars in the WWE Live UK tour from 1-9 November, presented by WWE 2K18 the video game. Visit www.bookingsdirect.com to get tickets for your nearest show today.