Posted on 9/17/125 by Colin Vassallo
Stephanie Vaquer sat down with Chris Van Vliet in Las Vegas,
Nevada to discuss her incredible first year in WWE, winning
the NXT Women’s and Women’s North American Championships to
become a double champion, her quick call up to the main
roster, Booker T’s reaction to her Devil’s Kiss move, the
meaning behind her horns and face paint, her Clash in Paris
title match being canceled, facing IYO SKY for the WWE
Women’s World Championship, future dream matches, and more!
On her success in NXT:
“It’s a really nice experience. Because when WWE called me,
they asked me if I want to go main roster or NXT. And I say,
main roster. But after I think a lot, I say, okay, maybe I
know I need to learn how everything works here. So after I
say no, I go to NXT, and many people say, ‘What are you
doing? You’re crazy.’ And I say no, because I’m in no rush.
I like to do things step by step, no rush, and I need to
learn English. I need to learn the style. I need to learn
that WWE style, how they train in the PC, different
training. So I started in NXT slow, take my time and try to
learn every day. But I really enjoy NXT because it’s like
family. I really miss the people there and I had the NXT
title and the NXT North American Title at the same time, in
the best women’s division. So now I’m so happy. I’m so
happy. Make history with my first title in WWE, so it’s the
beginning of the big dream.”
Did you think it would happen so quickly?
“No, I think because before WWE always take a long time to
take a title. But I know it takes more hard work. But before
WWE, every company, I take the more important title before
WWE. So when I come to WWE, I say, okay, the beginning, I’m
here, but now I will be champion. So the first step is the
NXT Championship, and after, yeah, double champ.”
On nearly losing her NXT theme song:
“I love my music. I remember when I went to Raw, they said,
change my music. And I said, please [don’t change it]. I
talked with Shawn Michaels and said, ‘Shawn, please, I love
my music. I don’t want to change.’ And he was like, ‘Okay,
let me see what we can do.’ And, yeah, I think people love
the music too.”
On Booker T’s reaction to The Devil’s Kiss:
“I love Booker T. I miss Booker T on Raw. Because he really
made people feel my move. I love that.”
On pointing to Booker before doing the move in NXT:
“In my last title match in NXT, I saw Booker and was like,
this is for you.”
On future dream matches:
“One-on-one with Asuka. I really want it because it’s not
been one-on-one. Asuka or Rhea, Mami versus Mamasita.”
On her match with Naomi being cancelled:
“Yeah, everything changed about that. So I’m sad for the
match, I’m so happy for Naomi. But everything I think is
better because I have more time for training, focused on the
next match with IYO. Amazing. She’s amazing. So versus IYO
and ESPN, big show with WWE Wrestlepalooza. So it’s like,
amazing. It’s really, really amazing. Sometimes everything
changes for one reason. It’s my dad’s birthday, and he come
for first time to watch my match live. So everything is
perfect.”