10 Wrestling Facts We Didn't Know Last Week (Sept 24)

7. Bayley's Basketball Coach Told Her To Stop Wearing Wrestling Shirts

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A lifelong pro wrestling fan, Bayley is living out her dreams every week on WWE television. Recently, the former NXT Women's Champion was called up to the main roster, making her long-awaited debut on Monday Night Raw. Since then, she had nestled nicely into her role as a loveable babyface character and will soon challenge for the Raw Women's Title.

Long before she was handing out hugs and performing inside the ring, Bayley was a keen basketball player during her school years. Incredibly, she found that two of her intense passions clashed during this period, because her basketball coach was not fond of the attire that Bayley picked out for practice.

During an interview with ESPN, the female star told Jonathan Coachman that her sports coach warned her against wearing wrestling shirts. Specifically, a 'Macho Man' Randy Savage t-shirt irked him, and the coach said that donning such wear was unprofessional of his student.

To her credit, this warning didn't stop Bayley from showing her love of pro wrestling, even if it was frowned upon by some teaching her basketball.

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