Bayley has opened up about the heartbreak of missing out on Wrestlemania 41. Despite being placed in a storyline with tag tam partner Lyra Valkyria, Bayley was replaced by Becky Lynch the day before WWE’s biggest yearly event, getting written off the show via a behind-the-scenes attack.

Bayley spoke about WWE’s last-minute decision on Six Feet Under with The Undertaker and Michelle McCool.

“The day they took me out [of Wrestlemania]? It was the day before,” Bayley began. “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. I became really close with Lyra in real life, so I was super excited for her to have her first Wrestlemania, but it was also like, ‘Man, I was told this was where we were going.’”

The multi-time Women’s Champion was initially hesitant about being paired with Valkyria at the beginning of their program together, but the duo quickly found chemistry and became popular with the fans.

“Okay, I’m gonna be in this storyline in a tag team with this girl that I don’t even know,” Bayley remembered thinking. “I’m just talking about going to Wrestlemania as a tag team — ‘Don’t you think that’s kind of strange? Like, you’re the Intercontinental Champion and we don’t even know each other.’ I felt weird about it, but throughout the time, we had a few matches and I’m like, ‘Damn, we have good chemistry.’ I felt genuinely connected with her. She’s so good.”

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Bayley continued telling Undertaker and McCool about how it felt when she learned of WWE’s disappointing decision.

“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. It’s definitely one of those times… I had a long conversation with [CM] Punk about it. A lot of people that were reaching out were like, ‘Everyone’s been in these positions.’ But yeah… I don’t know.”

Watch Bayley talk about Wrestlemania 41 at 48:00 in the video below.

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