Candice Michelle Reveals When She Found out She Was Winning WWE Women’s Title

Candice Michelle won the WWE Women’s Championship in 2007, and she recently recalled when she found out about the win. Michelle defeated Melina at Insight With Chris Van Vliet. She noted that she and Phoenix had “instant chemistry” and recalled finding out she was winning from Fit Finlay. You can see the highlights below:

On Her Chemistry With Beth Phoenix:

“It was [instant]. You know, for her, she was coming back when she debuted. She got smacked in the face and broke her jaw. So for her, in a way, it was like that dream was broken for a season. And for me, I needed that experience. I needed that opponent. People ask me a lot, ‘What were you good at?’ What I’m good at then and now is getting other people over. I’m really good at that, and that’s what I do in my practice, and that’s what I do at TNA now, is I will do anything to get you over. And that gets me over, right?

“What I learned is that when I won the championship, I remember telling myself, take a moment, because I know it’s going to go fast. But what I learned is that moment lasts for a second and right when you walk through the curtains now you have a whole locker room chasing you. Whereas if I help you win a championship, whether that’s becoming a father or starting over or healing from a trauma, that lasts a lifetime for me. So the ROI the return on my investment is better if I get you over.”

On Being Told She Was Winning the Title:

“It was like hours before the match. We were literally like, down in the ring, I think it was Fit Finlay, and he’s like, ‘You’re going over tonight.’ So casual. I’m like, What do you mean? He’s like, ‘You’re taking the title tonight.’ Okay? That match got cut, I think it was like three minutes. I mean, it got cut so short. And the most powerful part of that match was actually a match before that. It was the match leading up to that where I got the title shot. It was a match against me and Melina, it was about three minutes long, and like I said, to get the story in that time. It’s hard, but we did. I go to the locker room afterwards, it was a good three minutes, and there’s a knock at the locker room door, and I think it was Victoria, ‘Candice, Vince is here.’ I’m thinking, I did something wrong. I mean, Vince does not leave Gorilla for much of anything at in those days, right? I come to the door and he’s like, ‘Good job kid, you did well.’ And I was like, whoa! That was the moment I became a wrestler after. For that to happen is big! Then the next match was when I got to take the title.”