Former WWE Superstars Cassie Lee (F.K.A. Peyton Royce] and Jessica McKay (F.K.A. Billie Kay) recently appeared on an episode of Oral Sessions with Renee Paquette, where they talked about how well they've worked together, so it is something that will continue doing moving forward.
Jessica McKay said:
“Yes, we have been pondering, but have we settled on something? No.” “I just think that Cassie and Jessie work so well together, so, I don’t know. I think we want to move on with our real names.”
Cassie Lee then talked about her Singles run in the WWE and how she had so much to offer, but she was not happy and if her last match was coming soon, then she would be okay with it.
Cassie Lee said:
“I had a vision for myself if I was going to be a singles competitor. I just don’t think anybody else understood that vision or believe in me.” “I knew deep in myself that I had so much to offer. I kind of realized when I wasn’t being used. I was kind of pushed through. I wasn’t happy, but I pushed through because everyone goes through this phase.”
“My last match was with Asuka. After the match, well, almost three weeks before WrestleMania, I had this overwhelming feeling that I said to myself, I’m going to be ok if that was my last match. I know I wasn’t happy, but I wasn’t considering retiring or something like that. I just had this overwhelming feeling that I was going to be ok and happy if this was my last match. I’m ok with it.”
Jessica McKay then talked about her Singles run on SmackDown and how to this day her release from the WWE still shocks her.
Jessica McKay said:
“The split was rough. I didn’t know who I was. I was a singles competitor, and that was very confronting.” “Having [Cassie] not with me anymore, I remember [thinking], oh, I have to walk to the ring, and she’s not going to be on my left, so don’t look to the left or hold your hand out ’cause she isn’t going to be there. For some reason, I was like, ok, I have to be sexy. I thought I had to be something that I wasn’t. I was like, I don’t know what I’m doing, and I don’t know what to do.”
“I was thankful that I got to go to SmackDown ’cause I definitely thought we needed to be on different brands, and I don’t think they realized what the domino effect would be after splitting a tag team up, especially us. So, when [I] went to SmackDown, I mentioned this before, but TJ [Tyson Kidd] helped me a lot. There was this one time [where I told him], ‘You’re my new Cassie,’ because everything I would vent to Cass [about], I was just saying it to TJ. That’s why he’s so special. He listened to me, and he supported me. I told him that I just wanted to be myself – make people laugh and smile – that’s all I wanted to do…When the headshot/résumé kind of fell into my first promo, I was like, there’s something here; I want to keep doing this. I spoke to the writers, and luckily, they were on board. I was having so much fun, I really was.”
“The amount of praise that I got backstage after that, I was like ah, if I’m remembered for anything, and it’s this, I’d be happy, happy, happy. It was so much fun! I think that was why it made it more of a shock [about my release] because I was booked for a couple of weeks here and there. I was able to work with all of the girls, which a lot of people aren’t able to do. I was doing promos with [Big] E and The Street Profits; it was so much fun for me. I was really enjoying it. I was [also] so grateful to be at WrestleMania and be in that match because that was my last one. I’m trying to stay positive, but the shock and the raw emotion are still there.”
Jessica McKay then talked about how winning the WWE Women's Tag Team Titles at WrestleMania was their favorite moment.
Jessica McKay said:
“It was my favorite moment, like everything that we had worked for, for 15 years and, like, all the sacrifices we made, everything came down to that one match.” “I didn’t tell anyone what was going to happen in the match. It was funny ’cause my husband gave us the idea, ‘Why don’t you guys do your IIconics before your music hits?’ And I was like, ‘Oh, that’s a good idea!’ So, we pitched it, and they [WWE officials] were like, ‘Yeah, let’s do it.’”
“I never told him. He was in the first couple of rows with Ronnie [Shawn Spears], actually. Before our entrance happened, we [yelled] out, ‘IIconics,’ and he was like [gasps], and we came out. I didn’t tell him that we were winning. It was such a cool experience. I have a big frame of that night with pictures and stuff. It’s definitely a special memory for us.”
