Former WWE Women’s Champion Bayley received loads of praise over the weekend after she hosted a training camp, called Lodestone, for ladies wrestlers working on the independent scene. On Tuesday, the first-ever Women’s Grand Slam Champion received some more kind words, this time, from former WWE executive Stephanie McMahon. “The Billion Dollar Princess” took to X (formerly Twitter) and quoted Bayley’s post about John Cena’s visit to the event.
“Thank YOU on your leadership and sacrifice @itsBayleyWWE!” McMahon posted. “And for helping mentor and grow the subsequent generation of female wrestlers @JohnCena showed up, as did everyone else, due to opportunity YOU created (and mostly paid for out of your personal pocket). The longer term is in excellent hands.”
Bayley’s Lodestone seminar welcomed high-profile talent like Cena, who the previous NXT Women’s Champion said spent eight hours on the camp, in addition to various other top female stars, including Charlotte Flair, Lyra Valkyria, Natalya, and current Women’s Intercontinental Champion Maxxine Dupri, who served as guest coaches. Those in attendance to learn from the celebrities included 20 independent talent, equivalent to Izzy Moreno, who was once the little girl within the “WWE NXT” crowd during Bayley’s feud with Sasha Banks, who “The Boss” infamously delivered to tears. Nikki Blackheart, Rachel Armstrong, Dreya Mitchell, and others also attended the event.
The previous “Hugger” was obviously very pleased with those women who attended Lodestone. She reposted most of the attendee’s posts on X, and shared photos of the event on her own Instagram page. Bayley noted on X that the ladies ran a 10-match card and everybody got to perform in front of Cena.