Report: Bayley Could Have Had Bigger Role At WrestleMania 37
Role Model got the short shrift at Mania, but it could have been much better.
If you're among the fans who felt that Bayley should have played a much bigger role at WrestleMania 37 last year, you're not alone. In fact, several within the company felt like the Role Model should have been more involved in WWE's first show with live fans in more than a year.
Fightful Select reports that there were an "exhaustive number of pitches to get Bayley more involved in WrestleMania," including something featuring Becky Lynch, who was out on maternity leave at the time. Lynch confirmed that there were discussions about her making her return at Mania to work with Bayley, but nothing came of it. Instead, Lynch wouldn't return to WWE until SummerSlam, where she toppled Bianca Belair for the SmackDown Women's Championship in less than 30 seconds.
As mentioned, Lynch wasn't the only pitch made for Bayley at WM 37. Sourced told Fightful that while no one doubted the value Bayley would have brought to Mania, "everything that seemed to get pitched just kept getting shot down." One pitch from some creative team members called for Bayley to host WrestleMania, either solo or with Hulk Hogan and Titus O'Neil. It's safe to say that Bayley probably would have been a more dynamic host on her own than Hulk and Titus turned out to be.
Another pitch called for a Mania edition of Ding Dong, Hello!, but that also was nixed.
Instead, Bayley showed up at WM 37 and got beat up by the Bella Twins. So, despite numerous serious pitches, we really got the worst possible option.