Veda Scott: Mike Bailey Is Brilliant, He’s Always Coming up With Ideas, Scenes, & Memories

Veda Scott says that ‘Speedball’ Mike Bailey has one of the best minds in wrestling.

Bailey’s incredible athleticism will often be on display in many of his viral moments online, as the star is able to pull off moves that only few others in the world of wrestling can. 

While speaking to Fightful for a recent interview, Veda Scott, the partner of Bailey, was asked if there has ever been a moment where she has asked him to not do a move or take a certain risk inside of the ring.

“No. I mean, honestly, here’s the thing, I still wrestle on occasion. Like, I was a pro wrestler. I am a pro wrestling fan, first and foremost. I’ve been a pro wrestling fan my entire life. I love death matches, I love big stunts. First of all, I don’t believe that I have the authority to try to control anyone’s agencies over their actions and their bodies in pro wrestling. I very much believe in that. But also, like, Mike is someone who, again is incredibly athletic and incredibly resilient, clearly, but is also just the most brilliant mind in all of professional wrestling. Part of that comes with being creative and figuring out ways to come up with ideas and scenes and memories. It’s always something Mike has really thought about, and I think that’s important, too.”

Scott then went on to talk about the bout between Bailey and Dax Harwood from the WrestleCade show in 2022. Bailey and Harwood were the first two people nominated for the ‘In-Ring Performer Of The Year’ category in the 2022 Fightful Awards.

“Yeah, and at that time, and still at this time, that was a match that could not happen otherwise. Dax Harwood is not someone who wrestles out of AEW virtually ever and then Speedball is with IMPACT and he does a lot of independents, but yeah, that was a match that couldn’t happen otherwise. Tonight Mike is wrestling Andrade, which is another one that couldn’t happen otherwise. That’s the whole thing with these conventions. We did GCW show from the convention last night. It was on Fite+. Dave Prazak and I were on commentary and we were talking about the fact there was a match, Insane Clown Bussy— which is of course Bussy alongside Violent J. On the other side of the ring was George South and then, of course, the Mortons—Ricky and Kerry. This is a combination of human beings that you could not conceive of. That happens all the time at these conventions. It’s another reason why you gotta come down.”

Elsewhere in the conversation, Scott said that connecting with fans is the most important thing in her career at the moment. Fans can learn more here.

Furthermore, fans can see Fightful’s other full interview with Veda Scott linked at the top of this article.