Wrestling with a friend is honestly the best. This is where you get to learn the most about your in-ring skills and to try and test things. When you wrestle with a friend, you never have to apologize if you hit them too hard because you know you’re still their girl at the end of the day. This is when you get to sit down and talk about the emotion, passion, and drive you want to get out of your matches. These conversations only happen when you wrestle a friend, not a non-friend or coworker, with them, you go out and try to have your best match. The talk isn’t as deep. There isn’t really a downside to wrestling with a friend, I don’t think so, anyway. It’s always just upside-going to work with them. These things were even more apparent when I would wrestle against Bayley.
From the moment I met Bayley, we had an instant connection. I KNEW she was just like me. We loved wrestling in the same genuine way and became best friends instantly. I think she is my greatest opponent of all time because we are best friends. When I get to try the moves that I have wanted to try, Bayley gets it. Her love, passion, and drive for wrestling, like mine, has us trying to bring out the best in one another. We both also want the same for women’s wrestling. I never felt a downside to wrestling her, either. If we didn’t like how something went in a match, we would discuss it and try to fix it for the next one. In addition, I always knew I would be protected in the ring with her and t we would be creative in putting our match together.
