Bayley was disappointed over WWE taking her out of WrestleMania 41.
Speaking to The Undertaker and Michelle McCool on the Six Feet Under podcast, former WWE Women’s Champion Bayley addressed getting taken out of her WrestleMania 41 match.
Bayley revealed that WWE told her the day before WrestleMania that Becky Lynch would replace her in the match. She also expressed her disappointment over missing WrestleMania 41 after she and Lyra Valkyria worked hard to show themselves as a believable tag team.
“It was the day before(When WWE took her out of WrestleMania). It’s a test. I feel like every time I get thrown stuff at, it’s like I’m just being tested, not by the company, the universe, and the world.
“It was rough, it was a little bittersweet,” Bayley continued. “I became really close with Lyra (Valkyria). Like, in real life. So, I was super excited for her to have her first WrestleMania. But it was also just like, I was told this is where we were going, and then, like, okay, I’m gonna be in this storyline, in a tag team with this girl that I don’t even know.
“I remember first telling her this is what we’re doing. I’m just talking about going to WrestleMania as a tag team, like, ‘Don’t you think that’s strange? You’re the Intercontinental Champion, and we don’t even know each other.’ So, I felt weird about it, but throughout the time, we had a few matches, and I’m like, ‘Damn, we have good chemistry!’
“Then we had this tag team gauntlet match to get to WrestleMania, we had five matches in one night. It was like an hour of wrestling, and I was like, ‘Holy sh*t, we’re a good team.’ I felt genuinely connected with her. She’s one of the girls who grew up loving wrestling and a huge fan. She’s so good, and that had a lot to do with it,” Bayley said.
Bayley Said WWE Turning The WrestleMania Angle Into A Storyline Made Her Feel A Bit Better
“Then, when I was told what was happening, I was like, ‘Oh, now I’m bummed.’ For one, I’m not at WrestleMania, but for two, we put all this work in, and I really tried to make us look like a team, so that it’s believable when we get to WrestleMania.
“It was rough, but it becoming part of a storyline and it becoming what it is now, made it a little bit nicer. It was rough. It’s definitely one of those times where I had a long conversation with (CM) Punk about it. A lot of people were reaching out, and you know, everybody’s been in these positions, but yeah, I don’t know,” Bayley said.
Read More: Bayley Reveals How A Pet Store Influenced Her Wrestling Career
If you use the quotes from this article, please credit Six Feet Under and give an H/T to WrestleZone for the transcription.
