Bayley Reflects On Disheartening WrestleMania 41 Snub

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Bayley has reflected on being pulled off WrestleMania 41.

The former Women’s Champion recently appeared on Undertaker’s Six Feet Under podcast. She talked about things such as her retirement plans, AJ Lee returning to WWE and more.

The female star was also asked about being pulled off WrestleMania 41 at the last second. Bayley explained that she took the whole thing as a test:

“The day they took me out? It was the day before. It’s a test. I feel like every time I get thrown stuff, it’s like I’m just being tested. Not by the company, by the universe and the world it trying to test me. It was rough. It was a little bittersweet.”

Bayley had been involved in a storyline with Lyra Valkyria and the two were originally scheduled to compete for the Women’s Tag titles against Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez at WrestleMania 41 night 2. During the night 1 pre-show, however, The Hugger was shown to have been attacked backstage and pulled off the match.

The returning Becky Lynch would replace the fellow Horsewoman in the match and win the tag titles with Valkyria. Bayley suggested that she wasn’t informed of this change of plans in advance and she felt bummed after putting in the effort to make the tag team with Lyra work:

“When I was told what was happening, I was like, ‘Oh, now I’m bummed.’ For one, I’m not at WrestleMania. For two, we put all this work in and I really tried to make us look like a team. It was rough, but it becoming part of a storyline and it becoming what it is now made it a little bit nicer.”

Bayley later mentioned that a number of people including CM Punk, reached out to her at the time and consoled her, sharing their own similar experiences.