Shayna Baszler says she and Ronda Rousey fought for their tag team run.
Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez were forced to vacate the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship after Morgan suffered an injury on the May 12 episode of WWE SmackDown. On the May 29 episode of WWE Raw, Shayna Baszler and Ronda Rousey won the vacant titles. Baszler recently stated that Rousey demanded their run as a tag team, as WWE kept delaying their wish to get paired up together.
Speaking with TMZ Sports, Baszler commented on her title win. Baszler stated that she and Rousey wanted it, and they made it happen.
“It’s just crazy to look back and think on, and also the fact that it’s not like we set up a plan. We just both wanted it and did our thing to get us here, and so here we are. It’s cool," Baszler said.
When asked whether this victory was more special than her previous title wins, Baszler stated that it was a genuinely emotional moment. She looked back on their journey up to this point and emphasized that she and Rousey fought for it and demanded the opportunity. In the end, their perseverance ultimately paid off.
“Yeah, man. That moment at the end of the match where I crawl back in the ring and we’re hugging was a real emotional moment. It’s just wild to think, like I said, when we think back to trying to pay for enough food to eat throughout the week and still make weight, and living in the beach in Venice, it’s weird. I can’t explain it. It’s weird to think that we talked about it, and it’s here, and it happened. I don’t think people understand, like people see Ronda as this big name, and she is, she’s Ronda. But I don’t think people really understand how much we had to fight for this. Maybe that’s something for a book in the future or whatever, but it’s not like it’s been easy. It’s not like this is just handed to us. We had to fight and claw and demand for this opportunity," Baszler said.
Baszler made it clear that she's happy to have the opportunity to be a champion alongside her friend. She went on to elaborate about how they fought for the title win, as they did not take no for an answer. She recalled how Rousey leaned on their passion for making their dream a reality, and now she can see the proof of their hard work.
"We just didn’t take no for an answer. It’s just one of these things, I remember actually Ronda had something and I’m paraphrasing, but we had gotten a ‘not yet,’ like not this opportunity yet, and I think Ronda said something along the lines of like, ‘Our passion for wanting to do this is bigger than their apathy for it happening. So it’s just cool to see the fruition of literally just working hard and not giving up. It’s so cliche sounding, but the proof is right here in front of people," Baszler said.
In a recent interview, Baszler stated that she and Rousey are tired of the WWE women's tag team division being so temporary. Click here to see what she had to say.
Rousey has stated that the depth in WWE's women's tag tram division is dismally shallow. Check out her comments here.
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