Cathy Kelley addresses potential WWE in-ring future and Paul Heyman’s influence
Cathy Kelley addressed her potential in-ring future while discussing learnings from Paul Heyman about the industry and honing her interviewing skills.
Speaking on the latest episode of the Insight Podcast with Chris Van Vliet, Kelley said she has no interest in becoming an in-ring competitor. The topic arose while discussing an incident in April when she was shoved during a heated confrontation between Liv Morgan and Stephanie Vaquer for their WrestleMania match. Kelley explained the only on-screen she would be interested in pursuing is serving as manager for a WWE star.
“I don’t think I would want to have a match. I’ve expressed in the past that I do want to get more involved in some capacity and I would love to be a manager. I don’t know who for. That’s been something that I’ve said for probably a decade now. I actually valeted Ryan Katz in his last match on the indies many, many years ago but that I mean that progression is something that I would want.”
Kelley addressed being spotted at the Performance Center on a few occasions, citing she is always up to learn more about the industry. She further emphasized Paul Heyman’s influence in her career decisions.
“I would say that I’m someone that really values growth and I love learning everything that I can about this business. So, any opportunity that I can do that, I’m going to take it. Another example is I sit next to Paul Heyman every single week in Gorilla. Just you learn through osmosis by sitting next to him. But yeah, I really enjoy that.”
“There’s so many lessons I don’t even know where to start but this isn’t the the best thing that I’ve learned from him, but when I was wearing glasses and I cut my bangs, he’s like ‘you have to get rid of that because we can’t see your eyes and your eyes are where you tell your emotion’. So, there’s just a lot of little things that I think that he helps so many people backstage, but I picked up on from him.”
“I feel like he is just watching everything, but when he gives advice to others, sometimes I’m there and I get to hear that. So, I feel very privileged to be around that. And then also I just randomly watch a documentary and, and start asking him questions about ECW. So, it’s cool to have the source right there. I recently watched Raven’s documentary, which was so good. And then, you know, you get to pick his brain about it.”
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