Kelly Kelly Recalls Defending World Title With Edge, Throwing Up Before Matches

Kelly Kelly recently spoke with Chris Van Vliet and discussed defending the World Heavyweight Title with Edge against Nic Nemeth (Dolph Ziggler) and LayCool (Michelle McCool & Layla) in 2011, as well as how she’d throw up before every match. Highlights of her comments are below.

On defending the World Heavyweight Title with Edge: “I don’t think I realized at the time how people [talked about it]. They were like, No, you were the only woman to defend the World Heavyweight Title in a match like that. It was a big deal, and I remember when they brought the idea to me, I think the night before I found out that I was doing I was like, Oh my gosh, I think we main evented that, which was really cool, too. And then they told me, Well you’re getting fired that night. So Michael Hayes, this is such a funny story. The day of, they were like, ‘Okay, you have all these pre-tapes, you’re gonna end up winning at the end, but then Vickie’s gonna come out and she’s gonna fire you, and you need to cry. I need you to cry on command. Can you cry on command Kelly?’ I’m like, ‘I guess?’ He was like, ‘If you don’t cry, it’s all gonna go to sh*t. The fans need to feel this. They really need to feel like you’re fired.’ I’m like, Oh my gosh. I’m getting goose bumps thinking about it, because I had so much pressure. The match was so intricate, there was so many things in it. So right before going out, I’m like you’re crying. You got this. So I told Michelle and Layla, I said, ‘Okay, I need you to beat the sh*t out of me. I really need you to lay it in.’ Because I can internalize it, and I can hold it all in until it’s time for me to cry. I’ve done it before. So I was like, okay, I can do this. So they were like, Okay. So in that match, all that sh*t that they’re hitting me with, they’re laying that in. And I was like, Okay, I was building up. I was like, Okay, I’m gonna be able to do it. So I just remember doing the spear and just being so happy. And I just was like holding it in, because I knew she was coming out. Then as soon as she’s like, ‘You’re fired!’ It was like the ugliest cry you could cry. It was so good. I was like, Yes, I’m doing it. The eyelashes and mascara is coming down. So I go to the back, and they’re like, so it was really good.”

On her WrestleMania 28 match and throwing up before matches: “Well, I remember Maria was flying in that morning too, so we didn’t really have time to figure out the match, probably a few hours before. I know me, Beth and Eve had practice, and then we were gonna fill her in, this is what you need to do. But she was coming off of Dancing with the Stars, and she was in a lot of pain. She had broken her something ligament or something, but she was supposed to take the heat in the match. She’s like, I got it. She was such a trooper. She’s like, I’m gonna do it. I got it. I can do this. And we’re just like, Okay. And that was the match I wanted to do the Molly go round. I had never done it, but I was like, I’m gonna make this match memorable. I’m gonna do this, and I wanted to do it for a long time. So I remember bringing it up to Fit, ‘Hey, I want to.’ He’s like, ‘All right, let’s see, we’ll pull the mat out. Let’s see if you can.’ I nailed it. And he was like, All right, let’s do it. And Beth was like, You got this. So I only practiced it like two times, and just like praying to God everything went okay during the match at Mania. So we rehearsed it. I was so nervous. I just remember being so nervous like before every match, I was always so nervous. I would throw up, I threw up before every match, just go to a trash can on the side, and just, that’s how I release my nerves. I was so nervous, I would say a prayer and throw up.”