Carmella SHOOTS On Ellsworth, Asuka, More

Current WWE SmackDown Women’s Carmella was a recent guest on Inside The Ropes and discussed many topics, including her former manager James Ellsworth and her WWE Money in the Bank 2018 opponent: Asuka.

The ‘Princess of Staten Island’ commented on the WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship match at WrestleMania 33 last year, which was initially scheduled for the pre-show, but instead got moved to the main show following backlash from many among the WWE Universe.

Here are Carmella’s comments on her WrestleMania debut match:

“I’m on WrestleMania! I don’t care if I’m on the Kickoff show, it was just such a great opportunity to be a part of WrestleMania. It was my very first WrestleMania, and a lot of people say, ‘Oh, but you’re on the Kickoff’ it doesn’t matter, you’re still a part of WrestleMania. To me, there’s no difference if you’re on the Kickoff or the main show to me it’s all the same. Of course, the fans were in kind of an uproar when we were announced as the Kickoff, so it’s crazy the passion that they have.”

Last year at WWE Money in the Bank 2017, Carmella won the first ever women’s Money in the Bank Ladder match, but only after her manager at the time, James Ellsworth, pulled down the briefcase for her.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wglxrcBwXk&t=784s

Again, this caused a lot of fan backlash, so much so that WWE had to repeat the match the following night on SmackDown, but this time Carmella herself pulled down the briefcase.

Here are Carmella’s thoughts on Ellsworth pulling down the Money in the Bank briefcase:

“I was nervous for the match, regardless, it’s a dangerous, high-risk match to even be a part of. Aside from that, when I knew that was going to happen the fans reacted exactly how I expected them to. They were upset, and honestly, I thought it was great. People were talking about it. You had this first Money in the Bank Ladder match for the women and it could be a regular [match], someone climbs to the top, grabs the contract, and that’s how it goes. But I thought this way was so much more exciting and so much more controversial. Everything I like to do is over the top and have people talking about it. Ever since I won that match that’s exactly what’s happened with my career. Everyone has been talking about me, whether they love me, whether they hate me, whether they love to hate me, I don’t really care, they’re talking about me.”

Fast forward a year, and tonight at Money in the Bank 2018, Carmella defends the WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship against Asuka. ‘Mella, of course, won the gold from Charlotte Flair in April, after cashing-in her Money in the Bank contract.

Here is what Carmella thinks of taking on Asuka tonight:

“I’m not gonna lie. When I first found out I was like, ‘Wait a minute? She did nothing to deserve this opportunity’, but Asuka is a force to be reckoned with, she is one of the most elite female superstars I’ve ever seen in WWE. Her strikes, her kicks, her submissions, she’s so good, but she lost to Charlotte at WrestleMania, and I beat Charlotte Flair, twice, so that pretty much means I can beat Asuka. So, I know everybody is looking at the situation like I’m going to get my butt kicked and I’m going to drop the title immediately to Asuka, but I can’t wait to prove everybody wrong.”

 

You can watch the full interview here:

 

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