Lana recently sat down with Gerry Strauss for the 411 Wrestling Interviews Podcast. She discussed a myriad of things ranging from the development of her character to using social media to get more heat. Check out the highlights of the conversation below.
Transcription credit to 411 Wrestling Interview Podcast
On developing her character with limited TV time:
I sort of used that on Twitter and YouTube and these places because on Smackdown Live there’s, it’s only a two hour show and sometimes we’re not given mic time because there is a lot of talent, and you can only do so much on a two hour show, so I started expressing these things on Twitter and YouTube and social media, and I was getting a lot of heat from it. People were getting really angry, and I just cracked up, because I’m like, you guys are just biting on my bait, so easy. God I love being a villain, it’s so much fun.
On her ‘salty’ hashtag and where she got the inspiration for it:
I strongly believe in grabbing the brass ring from social media, from Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, all your social platforms where we basically have freedom of speech. When I turned, I was aware of this for about two weeks, or at least a week beforehand, and going into the Royal Rumble, I knew what was going to be the whole outcome of the whole situation, and my whole idea was, was to be so broken that, so broken that I, when Becky Lynch took my opportunity when I got hurt, and still trying to push through, and making it very, very vulnerable. It was like, OK, instead of forgiving, I became bitter, I became salty. Salty AF. Salty at everything. Salty that my life was hurt. Salty that Becky took my opportunity. I mean, I was going to win the whole entire Royal Rumble main event. Maybe I was planning on staying underneath the ring the whole entire time and then hitting Charlotte or whoever was last with a chair. I have a plan. I mean I have a frickin’ amazing plan. So yes, I’m salty.
Other topics include the separation between her personal and professional life, if she feels the urge to put her life out more following Total Divas, and if she’s still training in the ring and wants to continue working in the ring. The entire interview can be viewed by clicking here.
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