At WWE WrestleMania 40, Bayley clutched her first grand-stage victory by laying out IYO SKY with a Randy Savage-esque elbow and a Rose Plant. In doing so, Bayley additionally claimed the WWE Ladies’s Championship. Throughout a latest interview with “Going Ringside,” “The Function Mannequin” regarded forward to subsequent 12 months’s WrestleMania premium stay occasion, circling her splendid opponent as a fast-rising star at the moment residing on the “WWE NXT” model.
“It is exhausting as a result of I simply had my greatest dream match [at] Mania this 12 months and now to already assume I do know it is going to come by in a blink of an eye fixed. I want to in all probability work with somebody in NXT,” Bayley mentioned. “If I can have my choose proper now, I must go together with Roxanne [Perez] as a result of she’s killing it because the NXT Ladies’s Champion. She’s so easy.
“I am egocentric, I do know everyone needs to work together with her, however I am egocentric, so I wish to get her first Mania match. I feel that may be actually particular. We’re actually tight buddies, so I might love that.”
As Bayley alluded to, Roxanne Perez has emerged as a distinguished determine on “NXT,” firstly by turning heel within the early months of 2024. At “NXT” Stand & Ship, Perez started her second reign as NXT Ladies’s Champion by defeating Lyra Valkyria. Since then, she’s remained on a path of dominance with wins over the likes of former TNA Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace, Lola Vice, Thea Hail, Jaida Parker, and in-ring veteran Natalya. Ought to Perez be known as as much as WWE’s principal roster within the new 12 months, she will now count on Bayley, one other veteran, to be ready within the wings for her as effectively.
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