Bayley Addresses Being Pulled From WWE WrestleMania 41

On the latest episode of Six Feet Under, Bayley talked about being pulled from WrestleMania 41, where she was scheduled to team with Lyra Valkyria to challenge Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships. Instead, Becky Lynch returned and Bayley was written out of the story with an attack angle. You can check out some highlights below:

On Being Pulled

“That was an interesting — It’s a test. I feel like every time I get thrown stuff, it’s like I’m just being tested. Not by the company. The universe and world is just trying to test me. It was rough, it was like, a little bittersweet. I became really close with Lyra in real life, and I was super excited for her to have her first WrestleMania.”

On What She Was Told:

“I was told this is where we were going. And then ‘Okay, I’m going to be in this storyline and tag team with this girl that I don’t even know.’ I remember first telling her, ‘This is what we’re doing.’ And I’m just talking about going to WrestleMania as a tag team. ‘Don’t you think that’s strange? You’re the Intercontinental Champion, and we don’t even know each other.’

“So like, I felt weird about it, but throughout the time, we had a few matches, 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 s**t, we’re a good team.’ I felt genuinely connected with her…. When I was told what was happening, I was like, ‘Oh, now I’m bummed.’ For one, I’m not on WrestleMania. Two, we put all this work in, and I really tried to make us look like a team, so that it was believable when we get to WrestleMania. So yeah, it was rough. But it becoming part of a storyline and what it is now made it a little bit nicer.”

On Talking With CM Punk About It:

“I had a long conversation with Punk about it. A lot of people were reaching out. And you know, everybody has been in these positions. But — yeah, I don’t know.”

On Her Passion For Wrestling

“My love and passion for it is what saves me in those moments. It’s like, thank God I love it so much. Because I don’t know how people who don’t love it go through with all of this stuff… Watching Lyra do that and win the tag team championships and all that? That’s beautiful. Like, Rhea, Bianca, and IYO having that match that weekend? Beautiful. And I do have those moments. But I feel like I need to have that piece of me that is pissed about it. I’m like, ‘Alright, I got a lot more work to do.’ I love that. I need to have that.”

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