Raw Women's Champion, Alexa Bliss recently spoke to the New York Post on various topics including her anorexia problems as a teenager, becoming women's champion and earning respect in the locker room. Below are highlights from the interview
On her battles with anorexia:
âOh gosh, I was a completely different person. It controls you and it consumes you in so many different ways. I remember my mom sitting me down and telling me I was in the hospital and she was like, âYou are probably going to die from thisâ because the doctors were telling her 1 in 4 people die from it and I was going to be that one because my body wasnât responding. My heart wasnât responding. Everything was just going downhill and I didnât see it. Your brain doesnât see it. I remember being in the hospital and not knowing why. That is why I try to be so open about it because people going through it, it consumes them and you tell them it doesnât have to. You can move past your eating disorder and not let it have control over your life anymore.â
Becoming Womenâs Champion:
âItâs been an amazing journey that Iâve had with WWE. I always think about the first day I came to FCW at the time. I remember walking in and I had sparkly-sequence UGG boots on, sparkly-sequence jacket on and matching sequence backpack. The head instructor, Bill Dumont, goes. âWhat are you?â I was just like, âIâm Lexi.â I didnât know what else to say. You could probably see me from space. I was very just like not knowing anything and watching the girls on the first day. I was like, âOh my gosh, they are so good.â That day I didnât think I would ever be able to get to their level and to have the opportunity to be champion has been absolutely incredible.â
On earning the respect in the locker room:
âOh god, I donât know if I still have it now. Itâs one thing coming in, not being a part of the indies stuff like that and doing well. Itâs another to now be part of the indies and be champ. Itâs an ongoing thing, but the girls that I work with now are amazing. When I came up to SmackDown I was super nervous. I never really worked with these girls before. I have to say, the group of women I was drafted with to âSmackDown Liveâ were the most welcoming and most amazing women Iâve ever worked with.â
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