WWE backstage interviewer and Kickoff Show host Kayla Braxton recently appeared on an episode of "Out of Character with Ryan Satin" podcast, where she spoke about a number of topics such as how Sami Zayn is the most entertaining character the WWE has on television every single week.
Kayla Braxton said:
“Sami Zayn is the most entertaining character we have on television every single week. I tell him that he’s hilarious. Catch Smackdown this past Friday, his thing with the Usos and everything that he does. I watch him backstage getting ready for his stuff. I’ve never seen anyone, I mean, everyone is very passionate and does a lot of hard work, but Sami is just a whole different kind of breed of entertainer. You can tell how much he cares and he’s passionate. Doing interviews with him is so much fun because we can riff off of each other and figure out the way the audience will perceive it. That man is brilliant.”
Kayla Braxton also spoke about how WWE's The Bump completely revitalized her and her passion not only for the WWE, but for being an on-air personality as well.
Kayla Braxton said:
“I remember at the time I was kind of in a rut and that happens in any job. Every single week was the same. At that time, I was only just going to Friday Night Smackdown once a week. I was like, I need to do more. I need to always be doing something. So The Bump has completely revitalized me and my passion for not only WWE, but just for being an on air personality and to see how it’s been received by the fans and it continues to grow. We’re like three years in on this show. If you look at the history of shows like this in WWE, it’s not really a thing for us to see shows last this long and it’s not going anywhere anytime soon. It went from like, ‘What is this Bump that I have to go to?’, and now it’s like them coming up to me and asking like, ‘Hey, when can I come on your show?’ So it’s awesome. I think it’s just going to keep growing.”
Kayla Braxton then spoke about how her anxiety was through the roof every time the promotion tried to make her a ring announcer.
Kayla Braxton said:
"I knew immediately (that it wasn't for her). I was like, my voice doesn't make those noises. Our ring announcers do not get enough credit. Samantha, who's pretty new, got thrown into it. Holy cow, the pipes on that woman. It's one of the most stressful jobs I think in this company, but no one gets it. They go out there and make it look easy, but that is not an easy job at all. My anxiety was through the roof every single time. You don't know if your voice is going to crack. You have certain inflections on every person's names. I mean, I think it's by far, one of the top stressful jobs here.”
You can check out Kayla Braxton's full comments in the embedded audio player below. H/T to WrestlingNews.co for transcribing the above quotes.
