Bayley on her WWE longevity: ‘I’m crazy in love with this’
Bayley’s love for professional wrestling is the main thing fueling her WWE longevity.
While appearing on the Toronto Sun’s No Holds Barred podcast, Bayley was asked how she’s been able to stay successful nearly 15 years after first signing with WWE. She pointed to her love of wrestling, wanting to help other talent, and still having personal goals that she wants to achieve.
“A little bit of luck and little bit of craziness, because I’m crazy in love with this,” Bayley responded when asked what the key to her longevity is. “Cody and I call it — I always get it wrong — but I think we call it a ‘sickening.’ We have a sickening for this. Wrestling as a whole is ever-changing, and you never stop growing. Because the eras have changed so quickly throughout my time here and because the talent keeps getting better and better, I feel like I’m constantly evolving and constantly having to keep up. In a way of, you know, I’m just always growing and always learning.
“Luckily, there’s always something more that you want to accomplish. We have two brand new titles still: the Women’s Intercontinental title, the Women’s United States Championship. So those are two more things I would love to accomplish. And now I’m in this new tag team with Lyra Valkyria and I feel very rejuvenated being in a team with her, because obviously you guys know how talented she is. She just has a special soul and heart for this that I feel like I need in my career, at this point in my career. So constantly evolving, and I’m just lucky that they still want me around and I’m in a position where I can help people so I feel a little needed — on top of me wanting to still accomplish my own personal goals.”
Bayley & Valkyria are on the WWE Raw roster and have been featured in the women’s tag team division. Both have already been confirmed as entrants for the 2026 women’s Royal Rumble match.
In the future, Bayley hopes to open her own wrestling school. She expressed interest in potentially working behind the scenes in WWE whenever her in-ring career comes to an end.
Joseph Currier is the lead editor of F4WOnline.com, directing daily news coverage and writing articles on professional wrestling. He is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts, obtaining a journalism degree in 2016. Joseph joined F4W during his time at UMass and has now been writing about the industry for nearly a decade.
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