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7. We Hear Voices In Bayley’s Head

Bayley’s latest character evolution is an intriguing one that remains full of possibilities, but first…

There is plenty of precedent in television (and movie) history for viewers to “hear” the inner monologue of a character. However, those are self-contained shows where everything is part of the program. In WWE, pre-recorded segments are introduced by announcers and played on the screen for people to watch and react to – as if they are watching a show within a show.

So logically speaking, how is a WWE-produced vignette able to “hear” Bayley’s inner thoughts and play them for everyone? This isn’t just the old WWE trope of a hidden camera in a backstage segment – it’s a microphone inside Bayley’s brain playing the inner voice for all to hear.

And now that it’s been played on Raw, doesn’t that mean everyone – Raw GM Adam Pearce, the women’s locker room, Bayley herself – know what her inner thoughts are and that the entire world can hear them?

It would be easy to keep going down this rabbit hole, but it really is a very specific gripe, one that most would probably just overlook and enjoy the show. But once you think about it, it’s quite literally impossible to ignore.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.