25 Worst Wrestling Moments Of 2025
19. The Bayley Nervous Breakdown Character Reveals Itself
In one of the stupider WWE plot developments since Vince McMahon resigned in disgrace in 2022, Bayley's failure to help Lyra Valkyria win back the Intercontinental Championship from Becky Lynch coinciding with a personal losing streak resulted in the 'Role Model' experiencing a serious and visible case of split personality disorder. This was communicated by a video package in which we could all hear the warring voices in her head, but the rest of the roster - including concerned friend Valkyria - couldn't.
When Bayley's scattershot behaviour made it to arenas, Lyra was at least the one to flag it up with Adam Pearce. But he didn't care, really, as he tends not to when females on the roster are booked to express their concerns to him. Meanwhile, the former Intercontinental Champion found herself on the wrong end of the 'Role Model's acid tongue just to be embraced minutes later by the 'Hugger.
Everybody could see what was happening now...so the script flipped and Valkyria herself was the one who was randomly confused again. Breaking fourth walls and rules alike, the story was a reminder of the quality bar gradually rising over the years - even in the cartoon world of WWE, these two felt like animated characters just waiting for a weekly reset.