Shayna Baszler Sends A Message To WWE’s Women’s Division: “Get Some Friends!”
Shayna Baszler and Ronda Rousey are looking to elevate the Women’s Tag Team Division in WWE.
After Liv Morgan suffered an injury on the May 12 episode of WWE SmackDown, she and Raquel Rodriguez were forced to vacate the WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles. A little over two weeks later on the May 29 edition of WWE Raw, Baszler and Rousey captured the titles for the first time together.
Baszler, a 3-time Tag Team Champion, was on the most recent edition of WWE’s The Bump and discussed how the women in WWE need to start making more friends.
“I want the same thing she [Ronda] wants. We want to put more women on the scene. There’s are important. They’re titles, we’re champions. It’s long enough that it’s happened where it’s like, ‘Oh man, a PPV’s coming up, I better find someone in the locker room to team up with. Like, get some friends! Be a team! Ronda and I have been friends for 10 years. Why is it not looked down on that everyone in the locker room only suddenly wants to work with someone when it’s a pay per view opportunity? That’s so opportunistic. We want to put these at the forefront. I think it gets looked past the work that I did when I held these the first time. Worked all three shows. I’m pretty sure we defended these more than anyone had in the past up to that point. But, you know, all everyone talks about is Bayley’s reign with these titles and blah-blah-blah-blah-blah. Like, I’ve done some work with these too, and it’s not stopping. We immediately defended, we immediately went after the NXT Tag Champions. There’s no break in the storm that we’re causing,” she said.
In a recent interview, Baszler stated that she and Rousey are tired of the WWE Women’s Tag Team Division being so temporary. Click here to see what she had to say.
Rousey has stated that the depth in WWE’s Women’s Tag Team Division is dismally shallow. Check out her comments here.
A Tag Team Title Unification Match between Baszler & Rousey and Isla Dawn & Alba Fyre is set for the June 23 episode of WWE SmackDown.
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