Shayna Baszler Comments On WWE Women’s Tag Team Title Win

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Shayna Baszler has commented on her WWE Women’s Tag Team Title win.

Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez were forced to vacant the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships after Morgan suffered an injury on the May 12 edition of SmackDown. On the May 29 episode of WWE Raw, Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler won a fatal four-way match to win the vacant titles.

Baszler revealed that Rousey demanded their run as a tag team after WWE kept delaying her wish for the two real-life friends to be paired up together.

Speaking with TMZ Sports, Baszler commented on the title win. Stating that she and Rousey wanted it and fought for this opportunity, Shayna said:

“It’s just crazy to look back and think on, and also the fact that it’s not like we set up a plan. We just both wanted it and did our thing to get us here, and so here we are. It’s cool.”

When asked whether this title victory was more special than her previous title wins, Baszler replied:

“Yeah, man. That moment at the end of the match where I crawl back in the ring and we’re hugging was a real emotional moment.”

“It’s just wild to think, like I said, when we think back to trying to pay for enough food to eat throughout the week and still make weight, and living in the beach in Venice, it’s weird. I can’t explain it.”

“It’s weird to think that we talked about it, and it’s here, and it happened. I don’t think people understand, like people see Ronda as this big name, and she is, she’s Ronda. But I don’t think people really understand how much we had to fight for this.”

“Maybe that’s something for a book in the future or whatever, but it’s not like it’s been easy. It’s not like this is just handed to us. We had to fight and claw and demand for this opportunity.”

Making it clear that she’s happy to have the opportunity to be a champion alongside her friend, Shayna said:

“We just didn’t take no for an answer. It’s just one of these things, I remember actually Ronda had something and I’m paraphrasing, but we had gotten a ‘not yet,’ like not this opportunity yet, and I think Ronda said something along the lines of like, ‘Our passion for wanting to do this is bigger than their apathy for it happening.”

“So it’s just cool to see the fruition of literally just working hard and not giving up. It’s so cliche sounding, but the proof is right here in front of people.”

As previously reported, Shayna Baszler explained how she lost her hunger for MMA prior to pursuing wrestling in a recent interview.

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