Simply put, Bayley is one of the most important professional wrestlers on the planet today. In this world of faces acting heelishly against heels acting like the good guys, Bayley is a truly old fashioned babyface. To have achieved this in NXT, a wrestling universe that has a little bit of a problem with 'smart' fans, is no mean feat. Bayley ends the year as the NXT Women's Champion, and only a fool would bet against her jumping to the main roster sooner rather than later. 2015 saw Bayley develop something of a harder edge to her character, something that developed through her feud with Emma. After vanquishing Emma, Bayley set her sights on the Women's Championship, then held by Sasha Banks. In August at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn, Bayley finally won the strap in a wonderful match in front of NXT's biggest crowd to date. She has since defended it against Banks, Alexa Bliss, Eva Marie and Nia Jax, with an inevitable bout with Asuka on the cards. The story of Bayley is one of the most invigorating and inspiring tales in professional wrestling today. The story continues in 2016.
Born in the middle of Wales in the middle of the 1980's, John can't quite remember when he started watching wrestling but he has a terrible feeling that Dino Bravo was involved. Now living in Prague, John spends most of his time trying to work out how Tomohiro Ishii still stands upright. His favourite wrestler of all time is Dean Malenko, but really it is Repo Man. He is the author of 'An Illustrated History of Slavic Misery', the best book about the Slavic people that you haven't yet read. You can get that and others from www.poshlostbooks.com.
