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Chat with the NXT Four Horsewomen
DIR By: ChrissiCalvert
Date: May 27, 2015, 3:19 pm
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BAYLEY: So we’re talking about women’s wrestling?
WWE.COM: Yeah. It’s a pretty big time for women’s wrestling,
don’t you think?
SASHA BANKS: It’s crazy to see how far women’s wrestling has
come. Just to find out that me and Charlotte are main-eventing
tonight in Philadelphia …
BAYLEY: I didn’t even know that! Oh my God!
BECKY LYNCH: Unbelievable.
SASHA: It’s humbling, but at the same time, who would ever
guess? Who would ever guess when I was 10 years old that I’d be
main-eventing an event as big as this?
BECKY: Especially with everyone on the card.
SASHA: It’s insane.
BECKY: Dude, we have Finn Bálor, we have freakin’ Rhyno on the
card and they get to [compete in the main event] … that’s so
cool.
CHARLOTTE: You know the phrase, “Be the hardest worker in the
room”? That’s hard with the NXT women’s division, because I can
honestly say every girl is the hardest worker in the room. This
sounds corny, but if you think of destiny, we’re all here
together. Triple H hired Sara Del Rey, and then all of us got
hired together at the same time. Considering the chemistry and
how much we all want this together and work well together, it’s
perfect timing. I don’t know, I get goosebumps just thinking
about it.
BECKY: Same. Nine years ago, I stopped wrestling because this
wasn’t a possibility. There were never girls like Bayley or
Sasha or Charlotte. It’s funny, because I was saying this the
other day: I walked down the hallway in the Performance Center
and there are all the pay-per-view posters all along the walls,
right? And on all of them, every single one, there’s not one
single female wrestler. Stephanie McMahon was on one of them,
but you’ve got Randy Orton, you’ve got Sheamus, you’ve got Bray
Wyatt, you’ve got everybody but you don’t have any women. And I
know, I know, in five years when I walk down that hall I’m going
to see Bayley; I’m going to see Sasha; I’m going to see
Charlotte. Hopefully I’ll see myself, too, but I know I’m going
to see them, and it’s not just because they’re good for girls.
They’re just good. Just really good, and we’re just changing —
SASHA: We’re good. [Everyone laughs] We’re doin’ it!
BAYLEY: I want people to buy tickets to see us. People want to
see John Cena, they want to see all these guys, but I want
people to buy tickets because they want to see the girls and
they’re looking forward to the Divas matches. There are two
women’s matches at TakeOver for a reason. It’s not just like,
“give it to them,” and it’s a short time. It’s a two-hour
pay-per-view. It’s hard enough to just get one match on any
wrestling show for women. Two? That’s freakin’ awesome, and
we’re all involved in it and we’re all so supportive of each
other. It’s freakin’ cool.
CHARLOTTE: What makes this group of women so special is that
when you watch NXT, each female stands out. You’ve got Bayley,
who basically, every single person in the stands at NXT can
relate to. You’ve got Sasha Banks, “The Boss,” probably the best
villain in the company at the moment. You’ve got Becky Lynch —
SASHA: Rock star.
BECKY: Aww.
CHARLOTTE: She has delts for days, basically plays the part of
this fitness model —
BECKY: I do? [Laughs]
CHARLOTTE: Every single person can’t come and say, “Oh, they’re
eye candy or the popcorn match.” No, we’re either semi
main-eventing or —
SASHA: Main-eventing.
CHARLOTTE: Or main-eventing tonight, where there are two Divas
matches [alongside Bayley & Alexa Bliss vs. Becky Lynch & Dana
Brooke]. It goes to show we’re just as big a part of the brand
as the guys are, and it has a lot to do with how hard we worked.
The more they give us, the more we deliver, and the sky is the
limit for this group of women.
WWE.COM: How often does Triple H comment on what you guys do?
Does he ever give you guidance or does he let you do your own
thing?
BAYLEY: He’s amazing. He’s like a papa.
SASHA: Papa Hunter.
BAYLEY AND SASHA: Awww.
BECKY: Oh, man. Right before the Fatal 4-Way, he came up to us
and said, “OK, girls, go change history.” Or, “go make history.”
BAYLEY: To all four of us, right before we went out. And at the
first show in Columbus, Ohio, that was our first NXT show
outside Florida, and he had everyone together, all the
Superstars and Divas. He said, “We’re gonna show everyone why
NXT is so special.” And he said, “We’re gonna show everyone why
we’re revolutionizing women’s wrestling.” And for him to say
that in front of everybody in the meeting right before one of
the biggest shows we’ve ever had is like, “Man, he believes in
us.” Individually, he just shows so much interest in each
person. Each woman.
SASHA: Each woman.
BAYLEY: He cares.
SASHA: He cares, and you can see it whenever he has a
conversation with us. It’s like, “You don’t have to tell me
that, but for you to do that and take the time to …”
BAYLEY: And he gets in the ring with us and helps us. He’s got a
million things to do but he shows us how we could be better.
It’s amazing.
BECKY: That’s our boss!
BAYLEY: The Game!
WWE.COM: Do you think of this as a revolution, or is it just
going out and doing your job?
BECKY: Well, that’s what you always want, right? I don’t know.
This was something I always dreamed and wanted to be part of,
when women’s wrestling was freakin’cool, and now it is. And I
guess there would have to be a revolution for that.
BAYLEY: I’m talking way too much, but this is really fun. I was
thinking about it on the plane, I think since we’re so in it, we
can’t really take a step back and realize that we’re part of it
because we’re just doing it. But remember in Daytona, Fla.,
there was this fan named Megan who loves Becky. She loves her,
like she was in tears, she loves her so much. But she had all
these signs for all of us. And Sasha said, “That’s how we used
to be!”
[Everyone laughs]
BAYLEY: We were Megan! We were all Megan at some point, but now
we’re the Lita to the Megan, or to the Bayley, you know? It’s
crazy. [Sighs] Never thought that would happen.
SASHA: We don’t feel like we’re famous. We just feel like we’re
doing what we love.
BAYLEY: Yeah.
BECKY: We’re the luckiest people in the world.
WWE.COM: Were you worried you’d initially be judged purely on
your looks, or at least on different merits than the Superstars?
BAYLEY: Yeah, it was, super,super different. I never really felt
like I would fit in, just because I was honestly all about
wrestling, which, I know all of us are. That’s why we get along
so well. But it’s really weird. Even two years ago, how it used
to be compared to now is so different. I don’t even know how to
explain it.
SASHA: When I came in two years ago, it was nothing like this.
It was everything I dreamed of, but it wasn’t going down the
path that we are on now. Just to see all these girls come in and
put in such hard work … we don’t want to do it likegirls. We
don’t want to do it like guys. We just want to do it the best
that we can, because we know that we can.
CHARLOTTE: Women are known to be catty, women are known to …
[Laughs] you know, it is what it is. But for instance, I didn’t
have to work the independents. I didn’t have any kind of
wrestling background. Just because my dad was a wrestler didn’t
mean I knew anything about the business. But it just goes to
show how much we work together that every single woman in our
locker room has helped me learn. I didn’t have three or four
years [experience]. That’s part of why we’re so good, because
every single girl is willing to do what’s best for business, to
teach each other, help each other and make the best product
possible. And that’s very hard to find within an entire group of
women that all want to be on top.
BECKY: Yeah, that’s because that’s what it is. It’s all not just
one person. It’s because of all of us at the one time —
CHARLOTTE: Collaborating.
BECKY: It wouldn’t be getting this much attention if it was all
about one person. I don’t think anybody feels like that. I don’t
think anybody is like, “Oh, I just want to make myself look
good,” or whatever. We’re changing the way people are going to
look at wrestling, women’s wrestling, forever. Forever. And
we’re at the start of it? That’s unbelievable. That’s
unbelievable! Unbelievable. Like, main-eventing in Philadelphia?
What? This is ridiculous. Stop the lights. Stop the lights.
SASHA: Philly cheesesteaks on me after!
BAYLEY: It’s crazy, because when Emma and Paige were at the top
of the game, running the Divas division in NXT at the first
pay-per-view, they had their title match. I remember watching it
and just thinking, “Dang, I wanna be in that spot someday,”
because everybody loved them. And they helped me, and they built
this division because that match was so awesome, and it just
keeps getting better and better. Now there’s us and there’s our
group, because we came together and we’re doing this together
and having freakin’ historic matches, but we also have the other
up-and-coming girls that are just as good. It’s just going to
keep going and going, and as long as we keep passing on the good
vibes and they see us working hard, they’re gonna keep working
hard. It’s like a cycle and it’s gonna be never-ending, good
women’s wrestling. That’s what we want. We just want a path to
keep going higher and higher and making it so amazing!
SASHA: You mean a Diva [live special]?
BECKY: Why not?
BAYLEY: They’re main-eventing in Philly, they’re a main draw,
who’s to say there’s not a WWE [live special] soon where we
could be main-eventing those?
BECKY: Well, I told you! I’m gonna walk down the hallway!
BAYLEY: I know, we talked about this! We’ve main-evented NXT
Live Events!
SASHA: Yeah, hello!
[Everyone laughs]
BECKY: I remember when I got signed, I told my friend, “I wanna
one day main-event WrestleMania.” And he said, “It’s good to
have dreams, but come on. Be realistic.” One day that’s gonna
happen! Hopefully a Fatal 4-Way at WrestleMania 33? [Pauses] 34?
33. I like how that sounds.
SASHA: [In an Irish accent] Thirty-three.
CHARLOTTE: Honestly, people ask all the time if we feel pressure
to deliver, or do we feel pressure from people putting us in
these positions. But I don’t think any of us feel the pressure,
just because we’re able to lean on each other. I don’t know how
to explain it; you all know what I mean?
SASHA: I feel the pressure.
CHARLOTTE: You feel it, but it’s [collaborative].
SASHA: We wanna do good. It’s good pressure.
CHARLOTTE: We want the opportunities. We want to take the risks.
BAYLEY: Doing it together is what makes it. You know you’re
going to be OK if we have each other. It sounds so cheesy, but
you know it’s gonna be OK. We can do this.
CHARLOTTE: Like the Fatal 4-Way.
SASHA: Yeah.
WWE.COM: It just goes to show, people are putting you on the
same level as the men. Is there ever any competition with the
guys in the locker room?
BAYLEY: I don’t know …
BECKY: I don’t think so.
BAYLEY: You know what? I feel like they kind of cling to us
more.
CHARLOTTE: I think they respect us more.
SASHA: It’s crazy how much they respect us.
BAYLEY: Yeah.
SASHA: When I was in the indies, the guys would be like, “Ugh, a
women’s match. I’m not gonna watch that.” And to come back here,
at every single Live Event to have a guy come up to you and say,
“That was amazing,” I feel so accomplished. That was always my
goal, to have a guy come up to me and go, “That was frickin’
good. I have to follow that?” And I’m like, “Yeah, you do,
dude.” It’s such a good feeling. And girls just keep doing it,
you know?
BAYLEY: I think NXT as a whole is kind of like a family, so
we’re not competitive. We’re supportive. It’s like she was
saying, you have Tyler Breeze come up to you after a match and
tell you just the littlest things he liked about it, you feel so
cool. You feel the love.
WWE.COM: Is this whole growth of the women’s division something
Triple H wanted from the beginning, or did it just happen on its
own?
CHARLOTTE: Well, he hired Sara Del Rey. So he obviously wanted
some kind of focus on the women’s division. But I do think that
Paige and Emma’s match at ArRIVAL was kind of [the starting
point].
BAYLEY: It demanded the attention. It just kind of happened
naturally and we just went with it.
BECKY: I think he wanted it.
CHARLOTTE: I think, especially having three little girls, I
think he wants it, but I definitely know now that his main – not
that we’re the main focus, but it’s like –
WWE.COM: A big part of it.
CHARLOTTE: We’re a big part of, “OK, NXT, women’s wrestling.”
BECKY: Just society-wise.
CHARLOTTE: Ronda Rousey.
BECKY: Ronda Rousey changing the game for MMA, you know? Dana
White said he’d never have a girl in the Octagon. Ronda Rousey
comes along and she’s the main event any time she’s on. The
women I feel in the UFC are stealing the show. With women
empowerment and women coming together, it’s not about being
better than the guys or whatever. It’s just about collaboration,
it’s about being equal people and having more of a highlight on
women’s athletics and just women being equal in every aspect. I
think that sometimes people can make the argument, “Oh, well,
they’re not as good.” But, can’t say that about us, you know?
BECKY: That’s why [people who make those arguments] aren’t
getting the opportunities. Can’t say that about us. We’re here!
WWE.COM: You guys also seem like you’re encouraged to be
yourselves. Becky, you had a character initially –
BECKY: Oh, stop it.
SASHA: I liked the jig dance!
BECKY: People liking the jig dance was why I did it. That was
terrible! It killed my soul. When they said, “We don’t like it,”
I was like, “Oh, thank God.” [Everyone laughs] Can that be
burned?
WWE.COM: Scrub it from WWE Network?
BECKY: Please, if we could.
WWE.COM: But to that point, being allowed to be yourselves does
seem to help with how you perform and connect with the audience
SASHA: It does, but we had to build that opportunity for
ourselves. We didn’t have that in the beginning.
CHARLOTTE: I don’t think we knew who we were. Like, Sasha and I
came in – I’m gonna get emotional – we were tag partners, had no
idea, so generic. There was one match in Tampa at FCW and it was
against Bayley & Emma. I’d only had about six matches. We were
the good guys and people were booing us. Sasha ended up getting
her nose broken in the middle of that match, but we didn’t know
who we were, there was no substance. But seeing other girls get
opportunities, and someone like Becky Lynch coming in, we were
just like, “No, give us a chance!”
SASHA: We had to grow.
BAYLEY: You were asking us earlier if we thought we were going
to fit into the mold. When I got here, I felt like I had to be a
certain way, so I tried to be this Diva.
BECKY: [Laughs]
BAYLEY: It just wasn’t working out and it wasn’t getting me
anywhere. And then I just, somehow, turned into myself, and I’m
just myself, and that’s what’s making me successful and that’s
what’s working for all of us. We’re just ourselves and we’re
just doing what we believe in and that’s what’s working.
BECKY: Especially Sasha. [Everyone laughs]
BAYLEY: Deep down inside, she really thinks that about herself.
SASHA: That I’m what? A boss?
BAYLEY: She’s related to Snoop Dogg! [Sasha brushes imaginary
dirt off her shoulder] She’s got it in there, she’s related to
[“Drop It Like It’s Hot” style] SnoooooooooOOOOP! You have to
believe in what you’re doing.
SASHA: I do.
WWE.COM: At this point, it’s almost a foregone conclusion you’ll
be ready for the main roster eventually. Are you worried you’ll
be called up before the audience has caught on to what you’re
doing down here?
CHARLOTTE: They just need to see us one time. All four together.
WWE.COM: That’s it? That’s all it’s going to take?
CHARLOTTE: Yeah. I just feel like we’re all so established as
individuals and you can’t deny our chemistry. If they just give
us one moment, all four of us together, say – I would like to
say The Four Horsewomen, NXT invasion, whatever – that’s all it
would take. Just our stature alone and how each character
carries herself once she goes through a little entrance, that’s
all it would take. They’d be hooked. They just haven’t seen it
before.
WWE.COM: Why do you think they haven’t seen it before?
CHARLOTTE: Because there hasn’t been this many women at one time
as talented and gelling together. It’s special.
BAYLEY: You can’t explain it. When people ask about it, you just
can’t explain it. It’s just there. We all have differences or
whatever, we come from different places, but once we get
together we have one goal. You can see it, and you can feel it.
CHARLOTTE: Yeah, you wanna say, “Follow that!”
WWE.COM: Have you ever said that?
CHARLOTTE: Ummm, maybe mentally. Not out loud. [Pauses] OK,
yeah, after the Fatal 4-Way, I did. [Laughs]
WWE.COM: Who’d you say it to?
CHARLOTTE: Myself. [Everyone laughs]
SASHA: I don’t know. I’m ready for it. We’re ready to take over.
WWE.COM: Last question: Do you call it Divas wrestling or
women’s wrestling?
BECKY: Women’s.
BAYLEY: Women’s.
SASHA: Women’s.
CHARLOTTE: I say woman, so. Women’s wrestling.
BAYLEY: That’s what I grew up watching.
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