Xia Brookside Had Been Pitching A Heel Turn For a ‘Long Time’ Before It Happened

Xia Brookside is currently living on the dark side, and she says she had pitched a heel turn for quite a while before it happened. Brookside turned heel on Lei Ying Lee at TNA Rebellion in April, a character change that led to her capturing the TNA Knockouts World Championship at Slammiversary.

Brookside recently spoke with 3W-Wrestling and during the conversation, she spoke about her going heel. You can see the highlights below (courtesy of Fightful):

On Her Heel Turn:

“I wanted it. I had been pitching it for a long time and they, I mean, everyone has always said no. I’ve always wanted to try and be a heel, I don’t know why I just think because I was babyface for so long that I was pitching I’m like, I have just been the same person for such a long time and I’m ready to try something new and finally they trusted me and they put full faith in the character that I could become and I don’t even know if I know when I turned heel this wasn’t even on their minds like it was just- and then because of how the turn happened and they loved it so much, like this was the goal after that.”

On How the Turn Has Played Out:

“Really, it was fun. It was easy. I mean, doing it against someone that was your best friend and just being able to fully let loose and do everything and say whatever and have no kind of repercussions because you were so close, that it was an easy decision, easy turn, and everything since has just been fun.”