Bayley explains why she didn't push for a secondary Women's Championship in WWE.
Both Bayley and Mercedes Mone (Sasha Banks) are often credited for being a huge part of the movement that brought Women's Tag Team Championships to WWE. The duo were properly celebrated for their contributions to the push, as they were crowned the first ever Women's Tag Team Champions at the Elimination Chamber event in 2019.
Now, WWE is introducing another championship to the women's division, the Women's United States Championship. Bayley has a chance to win that belt as well, as she recently defeated Candice LeRae and B-Fab in a first round tournament matchup.
While speaking to Brad Gilmore of CW 39 Houston for a new interview, Bayley spoke at length about the title and said that she didn't push for it as much as she pushed for the Women's Tag Team Championships.
“I didn’t push for it as much as I did for the women’s tag titles, those tag titles, we were at the door every single week. We had pitches, we had teams, we were there every single week for months. I can fully say that we were, you know, we’re the ones who made it happen. With this one, it’s more of ones that I would say in interviews and that’s only because I believe that we can carry a secondary title like that, I believe the division is ready for it, but I also wanted to see the women’s tag titles grow as well. It was hard to say, ‘I want another title’, when I still think there’s so much work to be done with the tag titles. It was hard to say let’s have another one when this one still needs to be watered a little bit. Right now, I feel like it’s in a really good place. Jade Cargill and Bianca are really elevating those titles and we have so many great tag teams that I feel like — if the women get an opportunity and they’re put in a tag team picture, their focus is tag team wrestling. It’s very different than singles wrestling. It’s a very big important part of the show right now and that’s my kudos to Bianca and Jade for really pushing that on the company and fans.”
The tournament for the belt is set to continue on Friday's SmackDown, as Chelsea Green, Blair Davenport, and Bianca Belair will face off in a three way bout.
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