Bayley on Her Injury, If She is Ambitious, and Possible Future Heel Turn

United Kingdom newspaper Metro held a recent interview with Bayley discussing her recent shoulder injury, if she considers herself as ambitious, and if she needs to become a heel in the future.

On the topic of her recent shoulder injury, Bayley stated she felt frustrated not being able to wrestle and helped pass the time by watching matches from her NXT career.

It was hard for me to watch wrestling because I get really anxious whenever I watch matches. If I see something I like I want to practise it and try it myself.

This sounds like I’m a loser but when I’m feeling down or I need a bit of motivation I do watch old NXT matches because they have some of my favourite memories as a performer in WWE. I watch a lot of that to put me back on the right mindset – including my match with Nia Jax at NXT Takeover: London. She’s the one I want to get back at, and I defeated her that night! That was a match I watched a few times.

When asked if she considers herself as an ambitious person, Bayley felt she was and would not have achieved the successes so far in her career if she was not. She also mentioned about still trying to prove doubters wrong about her status as a star in the WWE.

I would like to think I am! I wouldn’t be in this position if I wasn’t. It takes a lot of hard work for anybody to get any type of success in life, but it’s a lot for a person to leave their family every week and travel the road in the dark.

I’d like to think I’m ambitious, and I like proving people wrong and surprising people. It might take me longer than some, but I will show people that I belong here.

Later in the interview, Bayley was asked if she needs to go in a new direction for her character and if she would be comfortable being a heel wrestler if needed. Bayley stated a heel turn has been something she has thought about for a while and also something fans have been asking for her to do on social media. She did hint at wanting her character to gradually become more aggressive as a possible start to a possible future heel turn.

It’s something I think about because I know anything is possible when you’re with WWE. I don’t know if I have to go to the dark side, although I do read all the tweets and I do know it’s what the fans are kinda hoping for.

As a performer I need to change in the ring, to be a little bit more aggressive and go about things in a different way rather than Bayley following the rules all the time. I might have to bend the rules a little bit to get what I want this time around. I realised when I was out with my injury that I need to go about things differently and not let people push me around so much.