Bayley talks CM Punk's return.
Bayley has long been a fan of CM Punk and his wife, AJ Lee, and she said she was just as excited as anyone when Punk made his return to WWE at WWE Survivor Series.
“I didn’t text [AJ Lee] [before],” Bayley told Joseph Staszewski of the New York Post. “Everybody reads online, but I was like there’s no way. This is crazy. Then there was like a moment where we weren’t allowed to walk a certain way [backstage]. And I was like, wait, no, it’s not gonna happen. He would have said something. She would have said something.”
Speaking about Punk's return, which came at the end of the show after the men's WarGames match, Bayley said, "Someone has it on film somewhere, I’m watching the monitor and his music hit, I frick’n went crazy. I’m like, no way did they actually do this. I ran into Gorilla [position] to go say hi to him and he was so happy.”
With Bayley being on SmackDown and Punk being on Raw, the two haven't been backstage ever week, but Punk was making the rounds when he first returned, appearing on Raw, SmackDown, and even NXT Deadline.
"To have him backstage is so crazy, to see him walking around. But he has the biggest smile on his face. He looks so happy. He gives me the best hugs. He’s like, ‘This one’s from me. This one’s from April.’ It’s nice to have him there but it makes me want her around. So I’m like, ‘Hey what’s up? What are you doing? Are you gonna hang out with us?’ ‘Sorry, I’m watching [our dog] Larry,''" she said.
Both Punk and Bayley are set to be part of their respective Royal Rumble matches.
Fans can check out the lineup for WWE Royal Rumble by clicking here.
