WWE Superstar Alexa Bliss is today’s guest on Chasing Glory with Lilian Garcia where she opened up to host Lilian Garcia about a number of topics including; her battles with anorexia, her anti-social personality, Evolution, Trish Stratus, Nia Jax, Buddy Murphy and more.
On Being Naturally Anti-social:
I’m very anti-social when it comes to people. If I’m with one person, I’m very talkative. I’m very personable. I’ll talk your ear off; but, if there’s another person interjected, I get so awkward. If it’s a group of people, I’m the quiet one. I’m just very awkward in that sense, but I feel like a lot of creative people are. Do you know what I mean? I feel like a lot of creative people are socially awkward.
On How Her Eating Disorder Began:
That’s kind of how mine started [working out excessively]. If I ever ate something, I would go immediately and try to work it off. It’s kind of that, if you eat anything, you immediately – let’s say you eat one thing and you’ll go and work out for hours.
On If She’s Still Affected By Her Eating Disorder & Why She Wrestles With Her Shirt On:
Absolutely. I feel like no matter what, someone’s gonna say something somewhere; but, you have to know that it’s OK. For me, my biggest struggle is eating on the road because it’s so hard to eat clean on the road and eat enough on the road and I know sometimes I’ll go, ‘Wait did I eat anything today?’ And I just didn’t. I have to catch myself or check myself being like, ‘Wait, I need to eat this and need to do that.’ Sometimes it does get me if we’re traveling and if I get off a little plane and I’m holding a bunch water, which is normal. Sometimes it affects me. I’m like, ‘Oh my Gosh, my gear is screaming.’ You know what I mean? That’s part of the reason why I always wrestle with a shirt on. Sometimes it’s to promote my merch; but, most of the time it’s because I don’t like my stomach. I don’t like how I look that day or something. That’s kind of one of those things that still affects me to this day, but I have a healthy balance of how to deal with it and if I’m like, ‘Oh, I don’t feel very good today,’ that’s fine I’ll wrestle in my shirt. It’s a lot healthier version now than it was years ago.
On Being Uncomfortable W/ The Nia Jax Angle:
The only thing I’ve ever had a situation not being comfortable with was when I was doing the story line with Nia Jax. There were certain things, where even though I had to be the one that was bullying and body shaming and stuff like that, we wanted to make the story real, so we needed it to have real situations and there were some things I didn’t feel comfortable saying. I didn’t feel comfortable; but, it was stuff obviously that Nia provided. She would say, ‘You can say this about me. Say this about me. You can say this about me,’ to pull real emotions. Some of the things I was like, ‘I don’t feel comfortable saying that,’ but it was fine and so we just didn’t do it and we just went another route.
Alexa Bliss On Facing Trish Stratus At Evolution & How She Found Out About The Match:
The day I started with WWE I always said, ‘I would love to be able to face Trish Stratus one day.’ I was like, ‘If she ever returns to the ring, I would love to face Trish Stratus.’ I said that in probably almost every media interview I’ve ever done. We both came from similar backgrounds and I just thought she’s amazing and I’m really excited to face her at Evolution. I found out on Twitter like everyone else. I first thought that it was photo shopped. I was like, ‘Oh, that would be awesome,’ because people on Twitter, they photo shop everything. I was like, ‘Oh that would be cool, if only.’ Then WWE tweeted it and I was like, ‘Oh my gosh.’ Apparently she found out the same way. We didn’t know we would be facing each other and it was made into a tag match, which is awesome because what’s better than being in the ring with one legend? Being in there with three and getting to team with Mickie [James] and it’s so awesome and it’s so cool and I’m so excited.
On Why Her Evolution Match Was Changed From A Singles Bout To A Tag Team Match:
I have no idea. I know there was a lot of speculation on social media because I was injured or this, that, and the other; but, no, I think it was just the direction they wanted to go in and we were told when it was announced earlier in the day. They were like, ‘Hey it’s gonna be a tag match.’ No reason. I think it makes it exciting. I think it makes it really cool because you have Team Bestie (Trish & Lita) and the dynamic, I think it would have been – not the word a waste, I don’t want to use the word waste. I think it would have been, I don’t know. I feel like it’s a lot more fun to have Mickie involved because of Trish and Mickie’s history. It needed to be done. That’s just my personal opinion. It makes sense. Mickie and me have been teammates for God knows how long now and Trish and Lita are Team Bestie, so why not? I feel like that saw that from a creative standpoint and saw the value in that and wanted to go with it and there wasn’t anything that happened that turned it into a tag match. I think it was just what they wanted to do.
Alexa Bliss On Her Desire For A Singles Match With Trish Stratus:
Obviously, I wanted to have the one-on-one with Trish. I thought it would be a freaking dream come true; but, it’s still a dream come true because now I’m getting into the ring with Lita too. It’s so cool.
(Transcription Credit: Michael McClead, WrestleZone)
There’s more on the next page including Bliss’ take on being in the ring with Ronda Rousey, her friendship with Nia Jax, and the changing landscape of her relationship with 205 Live Superstar Buddy Murphy.
