WWE SmackDown women's champion Bayley recently spoke with Sports Illustrated to talk all things pro-wrestling. Highlights from the interview can be found below.
On her recent appearance on Gone Mental:
He was able to do it. We had a lot of fun–he was such an easy person to talk to, and he was very open and had a very inviting personality. Sasha and I were doing all the stunts together, and we had no idea what to expect. We were kind of nervous about him reading our minds, but he did some easier stuff at the beginning just so we could get a feel of how powerful he really was.
Representing WWE outside of the ring:
That’s so important to me. It’s pretty cool that WWE has this platform. You see the superstars on MTV, movies, and reaching out to different audiences. I feel like I haven’t had a chance to do much of that, but this was something I had a lot of fun doing and I would like to do more of. It was so different from what we always do, and we’d never met anyone like this guy. He’s worked with Zac Efron, he’s worked with Ellen DeGeneres, so it was pretty exciting to be part of that and have WWE put us with him.
Wanting to do more acting:
I’ve never wanted to be a movie star or an actress or anything like that, but I think it would be cool to be involved in certain TV shows and get that experience. Going from one character to a completely opposite character, changing my range of emotions, that’s really fun and challenging. I’d be open to that.
Her WrestleMania 36 takeaways:
Man, WWE can do anything. It was such a crazy day, the whole week was pretty crazy. Just the thought that we were actually going to do it with no fans. I remember thinking, ‘Can we pull this off? How are we going to feel with no adrenaline? With no energy from the fans?’ But once we got into the match, I felt so in it, so emotionally into it. It was a short build, but the story we were able to put together worked. After the match was done, I was really proud of it. That may have been my proudest WrestleMania moment, to be honest, just because of how different it was and how much of a disadvantage it was without fans. I was pretty proud of it, and I was proud of all the girls involved.
On another possible feud with Sasha Banks:
I think we can. We’ve bounced ideas off each other for as long as we’ve known each other, and we learn from each other so much. With all of our ideas and how much we are trusted by the people backstage, I think it’s possible. It would be challenging, but I think that would be so cool. Someday, I hope we do get to work together again. She’s my favorite person to be in the ring with, obviously, so I would be down to try.
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