Alexa Bliss was a guest on the ‘Off The Top Rope’ segment on ESPN’s Sportscenter. During the interview she spoke on a wide variety of topics with former WWE personality: Jonathan Coachman. One of the most interesting parts of the interview was when she spoke about the eating disorder that almost took her life.

Here is the story of Alexa’s eating disorder in her own words. It is a very inspiring story that gives us another look at the Smackdown Women’s Champion (Transcript thanks to CageSideSeats.com):

“I think what got me past that challenge was knowing that… so, when I was diagnosed with my eating disorder the doctors told me that I was 24 hours away from dying, and they told my parents that with the way my body takes to an eating disorder that my organs weren’t coming back. I was hospitalized for bradycardia and they didn’t let me sleep because they thought I would go into cardiac arrest when I would fall asleep. So it was one of those things just knowing my life would be a statistic, that one in every three people die of eating disorders and the doctors told me that I was closest to that one and I had gone through it twice. Knowing that my body can’t handle another one and knowing that it doesn’t matter what’s going on in your life you don’t want to become just a statistic, you want your life to mean something”

She continued:

“That’s kind of why I’ve really been open about it because I remember looking through magazines and watching TV and thinking ‘why I can’t look like those girls? Like, ‘What’s wrong with me that I can’t look like them?’ I want to be that person that shows it’s okay. I’m 5 foot, I’ve got a thick body, I love it. I’m curvy. I’m strong. I would trade that for being the 80 pounds that I was and being afraid if I was going to wake up the next morning. Just knowing like what Sara (D’Amato) says, it’s not a sprint, it’s a marathon, it’s a day-by-day-by-day process. It’s one of those things that you have to know that your life means more than a number on a scale”

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There was also a very well-done special on Alexa and her family titled: ‘My Daughter’s A WWE Superstar’ from WWE’s Youtube channel.

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