Maxxine Dupri Reveals That Mentioning Her Late Brother as Part of a Storyline Angle Was Her Idea, Discusses Fandom for Batista

During a recent interview with Insight with Chris Van Vliet, WWE Superstar Maxxine Dupri discussed Candice LeRae mentioning her late brother as part of an angle on WWE Raw, which Dupri reveals was her idea.

Dupri also discussed her and her fiancé’s fandom for former WWE Champion Batista (aka Dave Bautista). Below are some highlights from Insight:

Maxxine Dupri on Being Okay With Mentioning Her Late Brother as Part of an Angle

“Yes, 100%. It was that line I said, as I was the originator of the idea. So I said, we had the layout of the match where she’s going to yell at me, and I’m going to walk out of the ring. And I just felt like if you want me to walk out of the ring, give me a reason to walk out of the ring. To me, I didn’t look at it as a negative towards my brother or towards my situation. To me, it felt like a positive; I get to bring light to the fact that I have a brother. To me, it was we’re gonna acknowledge someone that’s my whole world that passed away, whether she’s saying it in a negative way or positive way. To me, it was a positive. And I love Candice, she’s an angel, such a wonderful human, a wonderful mom. I don’t have anything bad to say about her.”

On How Her Mother Reacted

“My mom was definitely emotional about it. But again, she wasn’t emotional that Candice said something. She just didn’t know that that was going to come up. But if I would have told her, she would feel the same way that I feel. But Mondays are crazy, you know, the day gets going, you’re busy. I forgot to give her a warning.”

Maxxine Dupri on Her Fandom for Batista

“So [my fiance] Anthony, childhood fan. He’s loved Batista since he was like five. Like, no joke, he loves Batista. So fast forward. We start dating, this is pre-wrestling. I’m gonna say it’s like 2018, end of 2018, December, and Anthony was verified on Instagram from football, but this was before everyone was verified. It’s like, when you had a blue check, you had some finesse. And we had a great time playing around with that, because you could DM celebrities, and they would actually see it, because no one had blue check marks. So he took a video Batista bombing me at my dad’s house, and he messaged Batista and sent it to him, and he responded. Yeah, it was pretty great.”

On How Batista Responded

“Let’s just say he was impressed. He was impressed. Okay, he may have said, ‘Why are you stealing my moves?’ [Laughs] No, it was great.”

As previously reported, Maxxine Dupri recently earned a future shot at the WWE Women’s Intercontinental Title currently held by Becky Lynch. WWE Raw GM Adam Pearce said Dupri would get her title shot when she was ready for it.

Dupri has previously defeated Lynch via countout and once again later via disqualification.