Nixi XS was locked in.
Ahead of WWE WrestleMania 41 in Las Vegas, a mystery assailant attacked Bayley backstage, ultimately causing her to be removed from her scheduled WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship match alongside Lyra Valkyria. In the initial aftermath, Valkyria, WWE Raw General Manager Adam Pearce, and two doctors immediately ran over to check on “The Role Model.” Many independent wrestling fans instantly recognized one of the doctors as former WrestleMax Women’s Champion Nixi XS.
“I did my part, I did my service. I played my role, I was there for her. Bayley, remember that,” Nixi said. “I was there for you in your time of need. I supported you, I checked on you. That other doctor, I don’t know if he knew what was going on, but I was there. I was locked in.”
According to Bayley, the biggest pain come from her shoulder, which Nixi and the other extra doctor quickly assessed. Follow-up reports indicated that Bayley’s “injury” was pre-planned and was merely for storyline purposes. A returning Becky Lynch took her place as Valkyria’s tag team partner at WrestleMania 41 and subsequently revealed herself as the assailant behind the attack.
Becky Lynch & Charlotte Flair Inspired Nixi XS To Start Training
In addition to paving the way for Nixi’s appearance as an extra on WWE programming, Becky Lynch also motivated her to start her professional wrestling training. “The Versace of Violence” found particular inspiration in Lynch’s Last Woman Standing match against Charlotte Flair at WWE Evolution.
“I like really intense matches that have these emotional buildups to them,” Nixi said. “The match itself is just this explosion of chaos and intensity, all this pent-up anger, and weapons get involved and crazy stuff happens. It’s just built up that much. I love that emotional release in wrestling.
“That [was] maybe not the first time I ever saw the girls do something like that,” she continued, “but I was fully invested in that story between Becky and Charlotte, their friendship turned jealous kind of situation, turned actually feuding with each other. Then building up to that Last Woman Standing Match, I was just so heavily invested in it. To see the girls going out there and doing something like that that had that level of intensity, just laying it all out there, was very much like ‘Oh, the girls can do this too. Okay I want to do this too.’”
At WWE Evolution, Lynch emerged as the last woman standing, and in doing so, retained her WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship.
Watch our full interview with Nixi XS below:
