Bayley (Picture: WWE)

One of the most popular stars on the WWE roster, Bayley is currently one of WWE’s finest talents on Monday Night Raw.

The 28-year-old spoke to Metro Sport about her own career, Royal Rumble ambitions and who is currently the best wrestler in the world…

Hi Bayley! Firstly, how does it feel having the most adorable dog in WWE?

He’s the coolest part of my life and he’s the cutest. We like to call him America’s dog, he’s very popular. He’s so special and I’m so lucky I get him every day.


Does he come to a lot of WWE shows?



No he doesn’t, I wish! My fiancee takes care of him at home.

My dog just helped an older man catch his two pups who were sprinting off their leash. They only stopped to say hi to Flex. #ChickMagnet ? pic.twitter.com/gFGooDDReF — Bayley (@itsBayleyWWE) May 2, 2018

I did bring him backstage once when I did an UpUpDownDown show because we were in Texas so I got to drive with him and it was awesome. Everyone loves him.

Although you’re still really young, do you feel like a veteran of the women’s division now in WWE?

Yeah, a lot has changed since I first got to the main roster. It’s really cool to see how far it’s grown and that I get to be a part of it.

TLC last month saw another huge step forward for women in WWE with several amazing matches on the card. How did you perceive the show?

I wished I was on the show because it was in my home town so I’m a little bitter about it. I was really happy with the main event, Charlotte, Becky and Asuka all deserve to be in that spot.

I was jealous because I want to be in a TLC match but I’m very happy to see them in that position. Asuka winning was very cool because everyone knows how hard she works.

How satisfied are you with where you are in WWE at the moment?

I never really look at other people, I just worry about myself. I’m always wanting more and there’s always a lot more to be done but we’re working on it and trying our best.

How vocal are you backstage?

Very vocal, we bother them a lot.

And do you feel that you’re listened to?

Sometimes, yeah. It’s a process.

Will the women’s tag-team division change things at all?

There are so many talented women and we need something else to fight for. Everyone wants to be the champion but we also need more to look forward to and something else to give the fans.

Take us back to your first ever match. What do you remember about it?

I remember a lot of it. It was September 19th, 2008 and it was myself and Shannon Ballard against Shane Ballard and Melissa Coates. The Ballard’s were twin brothers who lived in Southern California and they were always at local shows.



They were very good and they bought down one of their trainees to work with me because there was no women where I started training.

Bayley in action (Picture: WWE)

Melissa was a big, jacked bodybuilder chick who was pretty intimidating and I still had braces at the time because I was only 18. On the first lock-up with her she busted my mouth and I started bleeding.

I could hear my mom freaking out about it and that was a good start. I was like ‘welcome to pro wrestling I guess!’

I lost the match but it was definitely one of those moments where I woke up the next day and I literally thought it was a dream, I couldn’t believe I’d done it.

What is it about wrestling where you can get smacked in the mouth like that and still love it and want to do more?

I don’t know, I think all of us who are a part of it and are performers in the ring, there’s just something about us, maybe we’re a little crazy. It’s just a weird passion, all the fans that are so passionate about wrestling have that same thing but we just take it to the next level.

You have to be born with it maybe, but when that first match happened there was no question that I would stop it, you feed off the energy of the crowd and that helps with the pain process.

The Royal Rumble is taking place later this month… Are you going to win it?


Of course I’m going to win the Royal Rumble! Last year I didn’t have too good of a showing, probably the highlight for me was being in there with Trish Stratus which was so cool.

But I wasn’t very happy with how my first Royal Rumble went down so I’m definitely looking forward to lasting a little bit longer and winning the Royal Rumble this year.

Are there any legends you’d like to come up against in the match this year?

It would be great to have a moment with Lita in the Royal Rumble. Ivory too, she wasn’t in the Royal Rumble but she was in the Evolution Battle Royal so there could be a possibility.

She was the first female wrestler I met when I was about 12-years-old so I think it would be so cool to share the ring with her.

Lita and Trish Stratus inspired your generation, so how does it feel that you and your contemporaries are now inspiring many others too?

It’s really strange to think about, but that’s been the goal all along to do what they did for us and inspire.

Sasha and I do get that a lot from our Brooklyn match, that it inspired women to start training or watching wrestling. That’s a little step in us trying to become what they were, we want to be heroes and role models and Hall of Famers.

Bayley drops an elbow (Picture: WWE)

Who do you think the best wrestler from the UK is?


I really like Pete Dunne. His grittiness and aggressiveness is something I want to learn from and something I wish I could be a little more of in the ring.

He’s got a very unique style to him and you can tell he’s not out here to impress anybody, he’s not going to change for anybody. It’s very admirable.

Are you still learning and crafting your own style, even though you’ve been wrestling for a decade now?

Yeah, for sure. I’m learning and changing every day and still watching my matches back every day because you can always learn. With the likes of Rey Mysterio back in WWE I find myself watching him and feeling inspired and that I need to get better and get to that next level.

There is so much great talent around at the moment – who is the best wrestler in the world right now?

Sasha Banks. She has it all, she has everything. Her mind works like no other and her heart is undeniable.

And who is the most underrated?

Tyler Breeze. He had a match against Ricochet on NXT recently and reminded people who he was. Like Sasha his mind is unbelievable and he just needs the opportunity to show his ability.

Finally, should one-on-one intergender wrestling come back to WWE?

Yeah I think it could be fun. I’ve beat up a few guys on the Mixed Match Challenge like Lio Rush and The Singh Brothers so if I could get a match with one of the, that would be fun!