mobanmarketWWE Superstar Alexa Bliss recently spoke with USA Today’s “For The Win” blog to promote her Muscle & Fitness Hers magazine cover and the upcoming WWE Backlash pay-per-view, where she will be competing in the Six-Pack Challenge to crown the first ever SmackDown Live Women’s Champion. Below are some of the highlights from the interview.
On adjustments she’s made since moving from NXT to the SmackDown Live main roster after the WWE Draft:
“Obviously, it’s working in front of a bigger crowd, but the bigger adjustment has probably been switching schedules. We kept a very busy schedule in NXT, but it was more group oriented. You just assume everyone in NXT is going everywhere. Now everyone gets their own schedule with where to be on what day. I like it better. It’s a lot easier to work on my own schedule in when I’m working out, when I’m getting in the ring and training on off days.
“We also [do more live television]. It’s a little nerve-wracking but also exciting. It makes me think more about what are the things I can apply in the ring, but I am comfortable without having a safety net.”
On how she got the name Alexa Bliss:
“It was one of the names that I pitched. At the time, I was playing around with being a Southern Belle-type character in NXT and always say, Bless Your Heart.’ For a Southern woman to say that, it was kind of in an insulting tone. It ended up more like, ‘Bliss Your Heart.’ It became a play on words and not meaning a good thing and there are so many ways to take it, ‘Blissed Off’ and ‘Bliss Slap.’ I know if it got approved, it would be so much fun to play with.”
.@WWE #SDLive's @AlexaBliss_WWE is SMILING on the cover of @mandfhers? You'll have to SEE it to BELIEVE it! pic.twitter.com/Hut52U5COH
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