Bayley Shares Truth About Being Pulled From WWE WrestleMania 41

Missing WrestleMania 41 was tough for Bayley.

At night two of WrestleMania 41, Bayley was scheduled to challenge Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez for the Women’s Tag Team Titles alongside Lyra Valkyria.

However, on the countdown show ahead of night one, Bayley was attacked backstage, although Morgan and Rodriguez denied they were involved. As a result, the former Women’s Champion has been pulled from WrestleMania, with Valkyria given 24 hours to find a replacement.

This paved the way for Becky Lynch’s return to action, who teamed with Valkyria to win tag team gold. The pair then lost the titles 24 hours later on Raw, and in the aftermath, Lynch turned heel, setting up a rivalry between the pair.

Bayley Opens Up About WrestleMania Snub

During an appearance on the Six Feet Under podcast with The Undertaker and Michelle McCool, Bayley dived into her difficult WrestleMania 41. The star admitted that being pulled from the event was “rough,” especially after putting so much effort into making the team with Valkyria work.

She added that she was “saved” by her love and passion for wrestling during that tough time.

“That was interesting. It’s a test. I feel like every time I get thrown stuff, I’m just being tested. Not by the company. The universe and world is just trying to test me. It was rough. It was a little bittersweet.

I became really close with Lyra in real life, and I was super excited for her to have her first WrestleMania, but it was also….I was told this is where we were going, and I’m going to be in this storyline and tag team with this girl that I don’t even know.

I remember first telling her, ‘This is what we’re doing.’ I’m just talking about going to WrestleMania as a tag team. ‘Don’t you think that’s strange? You’re the Intercontinental Champion, and we don’t even know each other.’ I felt weird about it, but throughout the time, we had a few matches and we had good chemistry. Then, we had this tag team gauntlet match to get to WrestleMania, it was like an hour of wrestling, and I was like, ‘Holy sh*t. We’re a good team.’ I felt genuinely connected with her.

When I was told what was happening, I was bummed. For one, I’m not on WrestleMania. Two, we put all this work in, and I really tried to make us look like a team so that it was believable. It becoming part of a storyline and what it is now made it a little bit nicer. I don’t know how to say it without…..it was rough.

It’s definitely one of those times where….I had a long conversation with (CM) Punk about it. A lot of people were reaching out. Everybody has been in these positions. I don’t know.

My love and passion for it is what saves me in those moments. Thank God I love it so much. I don’t know how people who don’t love it go through with all of it. Watching Lyra win the tag team championships is beautiful. Rhea, Bianca, and IYO having that match was beautiful. I do have those moments, but I need to have that piece of me that is pissed about it. ‘I got a lot more work to do it.’ I love that and need to have that.”

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