Bayley talks Four Horsewomen segment at Takeover, WWE NXT's next breakout stars, her character

Bayley credits Dusty Rhodes for helping her to get into her character

Bayley, since 2013, has been a significant part of NXT and she’s undoubtedly one of the most popular names in NXT history. Fans have gotten behind her and watched her remarkable journey as the lovable underdog that had her sights set on the NXT Women’s Championship.

That dream became a reality on August 22nd at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn when she won the championship for the first time from Sasha Banks, the biggest and most special moment of her career. The new WWE NXT Women’s Champion Bayley recently spoke with JourneyofaFrontman.com. The full interview is at this link. Here are some highlights:

On her post match segment with Charlotte, Becky Lynch, Charlotte and Sasha Banks:

Bayley feels it was really a defining moment for their careers, all four of them. She thinks it’s something a lot of the fans wanted to see because they’ve seen all four of us grow up together in the past couple years. And she reckons the fans know how hard we all worked together and what we’ve done for the division. She knew it meant the world to them because they’ve all seen each other training every day and working for the same goal and all know how important every championship match is, especially that one. She compares all four of them to the Four Horsewomen- all doing their thing. Charlotte, Becky and Banks plying their trade in Raw and Smackdown, while she hold’s down NXT. The new WWE NXT Women’s Champion is also of the view that she finally gained Sasha Bank’s respect and showed her that I’m not just giving out high-fives and stuff, I want to take the division as far as she does.

“It was really cool and I feel like that was a defining moment in our careers, all four of us. I feel like it’s something a lot of the fans wanted to see because they’ve seen all four of us grow up together in the past couple years. They know how hard we all worked together and what we’ve done for the division.“she says

“We knew that all four of us together, including the other Divas, all of us worked to get to that match where it was Sasha versus myself. If it wasn’t for Becky and Charlotte and everybody else that works hard in the division, we wouldn’t have been able to be in that spot. To us, it was all four of us together until who knows how long. They’re all doing their thing, they’re all busy on RAW and Smackdown. I’m holding it down in NXT, so who knows the next time we’ll all get to be in a ring together.”

On who helped mold Bayley’s character in 2013:

Bayley reckons it was “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes who has helped her the most to get the look and feel of her character. Every week he was looking into the materials and ideas she was coming up with and advising her on what to do and what not to. She also credits the WWE Hall Of Famer on helping her with her look. Recalling an instance on her first match against Alicia Foxx, she says she put her hair in a side ponytail, but once she got to the ring she put it down. After her match Dusty walked upto her and advised her to keep that ponytail look which she has been doing ever since.

“Since we had promo classes every week, he was seeing the material Iwas coming up with and the ideas I had. Every week he was like Oh you should do this. You should start out with the yearbook and have all these pictures of the Divas and the Superstars. Just have them come out and sign it!”, she says

“Just reach back to when you were actually eleven years old or twelve years old as a fan. Just bring that out of you.”

“You wear a ponytail forever now. You go out there with the ponytail, you wrestle with the ponytail. I don’t care how it looks when you get back, that’s your thing.” Dusty Rhodes told her firmly.

On who she feels will be the next breakout star of NXT:

Bayley is of the view Jason Jordan and Chad Gable, who are just getting started in the tag team division, are the stars to watch out for. She says Jason is a hidden gem and Chad has excellent in-ring charisma. She also hopes Riddick Moss and Elias Samson goes on to make it big as they have so much potential. Regarding the Divas division she believes Carmelle is on her way to become a huge star and so will Peyton Royce and Billie Kay. She predicts in the next six months there are gonna be many new stars in the NXT.

“Jason Jordan and Chad Gable, who are just getting started in the tag team division. Jason Jordan’s been a hidden gem for a while, so I’m glad he’s finally got something going. And Chad Gable is just amazing, he has so much charisma and he can move like nobody else in the ring.” she says

“Some of the Divas too. I feel like Carmella is gonna be a huge star one day. We have girls such as Peyton Royce and Billie Kay. I think there’s going to be a lot of stars soon, even within the next six months.”