WWE veteran Bayley recently opened up about the timeline of her current deal with the company and what the road ahead might look like.
During a candid chat with Chris Van Vliet on Insight, the former Women's Champion revealed that she's still got about 18 months left on her WWE contract. “I have so many other things I want to make it into. I have a year and a half left on this current contract, so we'll see what happens then,” Bayley shared.
The Damage CTRL leader, who’s been a staple in WWE since 2012, has seen and done a lot during her time—racking up title wins, a Royal Rumble victory, and even a Money in the Bank briefcase. Yet, she admits there’s still more on her to-do list.
“Man, I don't know. I think I've done everything I really want to do, not everything. There's still a lot I want to get done, but done so much with WWE and I've been here for already 12 years and there's a huge wave of women coming in that I think are ready to take over, ready to be in those spots,” she continued.
Bayley went on to talk about the new generation of WWE women’s talent and how working with stars like Lyra Valkyria, Roxanne Perez, and Cora Jade has been inspiring.
“Teaming with Lyra right now has been super eye-opening to what the whole division has to offer. I've got to work with Roxanne. I got to work with Cora. But even like last night, hanging out with Lyra, we went out to dinner, and we hung out with Michin for her birthday. But being able to hang out with her outside of wrestling, hearing her mindset and why she does this, why she wants to make it better, what she wants to make better, how she wants to help even me. Things that we're doing going into WrestleMania, how she wants to be better for me makes me so happy that there's people like that and women like that that want to be better for the division,” Bayley explained.
The longtime WWE star also acknowledged that, while her time might be winding down, she feels confident in the future of the division. “So when I think about okay, I might be done in a couple of years, who knows? I know that it's going to be in good hands. So that makes me really happy.”
Reflecting on her potential departure, Bayley referenced a famous mindset from a WWE legend. “Where before John Cena always says he couldn't leave, because who was going to do what he does? Who's going to take his place? Who's going to be the one to freaking put asses in seats? Who's going to be the one that the kids want to see, that the kids idolize to the level that he does? Cody's doing that. I'm not saying I'm John Cena, but that's kind of the same mindset. As long as it's in good hands, the goal was to just leave it in a better place than you found it.”
Bayley had been set to team up with Lyra Valkyria at WrestleMania 41 Sunday in a tag match against Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez, but plans changed when she was pulled from the match on Saturday. Becky Lynch stepped in as her replacement.
(H/T and transcribed by Fightful)
