During a recent appearance on the “Insight” podcast, Bayley discussed her WWE profession, the unique pitch for Damage CTRL, her torn ACL injury, and other topics.
You’ll be able to take a look at some highlights from the podcast below:
On the Bayley buddies: “I believe that was purported to be Adam Rose’s. I don’t know what exactly happened or why it didn’t work for him, possibly he didn’t want it. But I literally showed up at TV that day and so they’re like hey, we wish to undergo your entrance real quick. I used to be like, okay. At that time I used to be like, they never do this to me, I’m just freaking loser, I just walk out and I wave to people. I already had the character, but I believe that I used to be possibly a month into the character. Then they surprised me with it, got here out and so they popped up. That is awesome! Everybody watching, talent and stuff were like, Dude, that appears so cool and, yeah, it became a thing. I believe it was purported to be for Adam Rose though, because he had an entire, crazy character stuff. But I used to be so completely satisfied even having that. I remember sometimes at entrances for giant matches, every time they might pop up it will get a second pop. I might get a superb response, but then the tube men got an enormous pop. It was like oh sh*t, they’re here.”
On whether the Bayley buddies will ever return: “I cut them up after which they sold them. They sold the cut ones. They sliced them into pieces, after which they sold them. I believe it’s like an image of me slicing them, or something like that. I don’t know.”
On her torn ACL injury in the course of the pandemic: “This might be a story for an additional day, because I’m not able to share it yet, but my injury ended up being greater than what everybody knows. It was a much bigger injury than anybody knows. There’s a number of people who realize it, and clearly the office and stuff. But that’s the explanation, wasn’t just an ACL thing, it was a much bigger injury, and that’s the explanation why it kept me out longer. It still bugs me to this present day. I can’t do certain things, it’s hard for me to run, it’s hard for me to do leg curls. There’s plenty of things that I can’t do due to that injury. So there was a time, possibly in PT doing stuff where I used to be like I can’t even walk, I can’t jump. How am I purported to wrestle in like three months or something? So there was that little doubt which I’m sure everybody goes through with injuries, but I at all times knew that I used to be going to come back back. Because, I mean, it wasn’t that crazy of an injury. It was identical to where am I going to slot in form of thing. My whole idea behind Damage CTRL was like alright, I’ve won my championships. I’ve had my Mania moments. Now as a personality and as a nasty guy, I could possibly be like I don’t even want anything for myself, I would like it for them. They’re gonna reap all the advantages of my experience, and so they’re gonna get all of the championships, and so they’re gonna get the whole lot. Then when the time is correct, I’m gonna steal it right from them, I’m gonna take the highlight right back once I’m ready. But while I’m still recovering and finding my ways, they’re gonna do all of the work for me. That was my idea behind it.”
On her original pitch for the Damage CTRL stable: “I had an entire [plan], there’s five of us, my pitch for Damage CTRL. I also had Raquel [Rodriguez] in it. I also had Alba Fyre in it. I had so many other girls in mind too. I had Toni Storm. I wanted Toni Storm in it. But once I actually sat on the PC and shot stuff, it was with Raquel and Alba, and all five of us. I had the explanation why I wanted them. Raquel was obviously our muscle, but she was teaming with Dakota on the time, I imagine. So that they worked out perfectly. Alba and IYO I believe were teaming somewhat bit there, in order that they worked out perfectly. But in my mind, it was there’s two tag teams after which IYO was my champion; she was going to be the champion. I just wish to do the whole lot in wrestling. That’s how I at all times thought. I would like to be a nasty guy. I would like to be a superb guy. I would like to be in a faction. I would like to be in a tag team. I would like to be a singles wrestler. I would like to be in a romantic love angle someday. I would like to find a way to do the whole lot, because there’s so many alternative things that we could do on this crazy world to not try different avenues and work with as many individuals as possible. I just wish to do all of it.”
