Alexa Bliss recently spoke with Scott Fishman for TV Insider about, among other things, her feud with Nia Jax. She also talked about her fiance Buddy Murphy coming to the main roster. Check out some of the highlights below.
(Photo credit: PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images)Alexa Bliss comments on the real life issues of bullying being introduced in her feud with Nia Jax:
“It has been a very real road with Nia. We both have struggled with image issues in the past. So, it’s a very real subject that we are bringing to light with mine and Nia’s story. I think because it’s an actual issue, people can relate. There are people who are bullied or are bullies.
“I think it’s one of those things that people are going to be invested in our story because it’s real and there is real emotion behind it. People know that me and Nia up to this point were best friends, which they’ve seen through Monday Night Raw and Total Divas. Now our storyline is more personal; I think that is what getting people into what we are doing.”
Bliss comments on Ronda Rousey legitimizing fans’ perception of women’s wrestling:
“I’ve always said that if anyone can legitimize the fan’s perception of what we do, I think it’s Ronda. Everyone knows she has made a name for herself in UFC and had this division built around her. She has done all these amazing things, but to see her train and struggle and do the grind of what we do, I think it gives people more appreciation for what we do. For many, Ronda is it. I think it’s great that we have her, and I think it’s what our ‘Women’s Revolution’ needs.”
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Bliss comments on her fiance, Buddy Murphy, finally getting called up to the main roster with 205 Live:
“He has worked so hard. He has been in NXT now for around five years. We were signed around the same time. I was signed a couple of months before him.
To see the struggles he has gone through with the process, to know I wouldn’t be the Alexa Bliss I am without him and [Wesley] Blake, it’s nice to see him get the recognition he deserves and the opportunity, because he is very talented. He is one of the most talented guys I know. This place is almost like a lottery. They always describe it to us like this upside-down funnel. A lot of people come in, but very few make it to the top. It’s nice to see him make that transition to 205 Live.”
