Shayna Baszler wants to come off as natural in promos.
WWE Women's Tag Team Champions Shayna Baszler & Ronda Rousey are known for their technical ability in the ring, but rarely receive accolades for their ability on the mic. Baszler & Rousey have been afforded more in-ring promo time as the Women's Tag Team Champions, and Baszler says it's all about not trying quite as hard in order to get the message across.
"It's just a matter of not trying so hard," she said about her promo work on Busted Open Radio. "The misunderstanding comes from, and this is no disrespect to any co-workers or whatever, everybody is different. People get so used to a promo sounding like a promo. When you get someone like Ronda or me that comes in, and we just talk, we're not doing a promo. It's not like [aggressive loud voice] 'we're the champions now. We're going to do this, and we're going to wreck shop in the WWE.' We're saying, [normal tone] 'We're the champions now. We'd like anyone to step up because we're going to wreck shop no matter who gets in the ring.' We're saying it like we're just talking. I think it's unfamiliar. People think promos have to be a certain way, and they forget that this is also a way and it's a lot more natural. It's helped Ronda too, being in a tag team with me, someone who is her friend, to be more relaxed in promos and come off a little more natural."
Baszler & Rousey are set to unify the WWE Women's Tag Team Titles against NXT Women's Tag Team Champions Isla Dawn & Alba Fyre on Friday's WWE SmackDown.
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