Lacey Evans has a target in mind if she wins this year’s Money in the Bank briefcase.
In a new interview with Steven Muehlhausen of DAZN News, Evans revealed that she’s coming for Ronda Rousey if she gets the chance to cash in on a champion of her choosing.
“I’m going after Ronda Rousey,” Evans boldly said. “You cannot have the title as ‘The Baddest Woman on the Planet’ with Lacey Evans anywhere near you. I disagree with that. I think she’s a bad son of a gun. She’s an awesome mom. She’s rough. She’s tough, but she’s not Lacey Evans. That title just doesn’t sit well with me when I’m still on this planet.”
Lacey Evans, a former Marine, has never won a championship in WWE, but has previously been in contention for titles. Evans was set to challenge Asuka for the RAW Women’s Championship at Elimination Chamber 2021, but had to take a leave of absence due to her pregnancy. Looking back on her decision to step away, the SmackDown star made it clear that she’s glad she’s able to chase greatness in WWE while also fulfilling her dream of being a mother.
“We wanted to be parents more than anything, and then this opportunity (with WWE) came,” said Evans. “Of course, I’m gonna take it and do the best that I can. We still have those dreams. So it wasn’t a shock to the powers that be that Lacey Evans was having a baby. That was part of the plan. But it hurt for the other people.”
“It hurt for the other ones who, like you said, we’re getting all this steam. We’re telling the story, and then it comes to an end. There’s a lot of unfinished business there that I’m excited (about and) hopefully, we could touch on (it). But I’m a mom. I’ve always wanted to be a mom. I think that it’s exciting and career fulfilling to show the women out there that you could do both and if you work hard and put your mind to it, that you could do both. It sucked. But it’s an amazing thing to be able to bring life into the world and also come back, get back in the game and start working just as hard as I was working before.”
Evans will compete in the Women’s Money in the Bank ladder match at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on July 2.
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