NXT Superstar Shayna Baszler joined Sam Roberts’ Notsam Wrestling Podcast during the WWE 2K19 Performance Center event to discuss the video game and the development of her career. In the conversation, the former NXT Women’s champion talked about her relationship with fellow Horsewoman Ronda Rousey and how her time transitioning from MMA to pro wrestling inspired Ronda to make the leap.
Here’s one of the highlights along with the full interview below (Credit to the Notsam Wrestling Podcast and Andrew Thompson of Fightful.com for the Transcription):
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“I think actually, truthfully, the fact that I was so happy and having so much fun doing what I was doing, turned Ronda on to pro wrestling more than fans and things like that. She… you know she was in a spot where [she was] maybe was a little jaded in MMA and I had that too – just she was on a much bigger scale obviously than me and so I think her seeing we had similar paths and then seeing that it’s like… kind of nerdy but seeing my final form actually happen and then I think that’s what did it and she’s always said – she’s the one that said if I hadn’t ended up losing on the Ultimate Fighter where I was expected to win that whole show. If I didn’t end up losing, I wouldn’t have gone to stay at her house and just had wrestling on every night and that’s kind of how she got back into it. So, its just cool.”
