Shayna Baszler Doesn’t Want To ‘Try So Hard’ During Promos And Come Off More Natural

Shayna Baszler wants to come off as natural in promos. 

WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Shayna Baszler & Ronda Rousey are known for their technical ability in the ring, but rarely receive accolades for their ability on the mic. Baszler & Rousey have been afforded more in-ring promo time as the Women’s Tag Team Champions, and Baszler says it’s all about not trying quite as hard in order to get the message across. 

“It’s just a matter of not trying so hard,” she said about her promo work on Busted Open Radio. “The misunderstanding comes from, and this is no disrespect to any co-workers or whatever, everybody is different. People get so used to a promo sounding like a promo. When you get someone like Ronda or me that comes in, and we just talk, we’re not doing a promo. It’s not like [aggressive loud voice] ‘we’re the champions now. We’re going to do this, and we’re going to wreck shop in the WWE.’ We’re saying, [normal tone] ‘We’re the champions now. We’d like anyone to step up because we’re going to wreck shop no matter who gets in the ring.’ We’re saying it like we’re just talking. I think it’s unfamiliar. People think promos have to be a certain way, and they forget that this is also a way and it’s a lot more natural. It’s helped Ronda too, being in a tag team with me, someone who is her friend, to be more relaxed in promos and come off a little more natural.”

Baszler & Rousey are set to unify the WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles against NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions Isla Dawn & Alba Fyre on Friday’s WWE SmackDown. 

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