NXT women’s champion Mandy Rose recently joined Chris Van Vilet for an in-depth conversation about her pro-wrestling career, which includes Rose discussing her desire to return to the main roster with Toxic Attraction, stating that she feels like she has earned much more respect thanks to her ongoing title reign. Highlights from the interview can be found below.
Says she’s ready for another run on the main roster:
I’m at a point now where, who else can I beat in NXT? I totally don’t mind remaining the champ for a long time, but I think it’s time. I want Gigi and Jacy to be able to experience the main roster. Being up on Raw or SmackDown, I want to get back up there because I’m a whole different person I feel. Whether it’s from the outside looking in it looks like that, I just feel so much more respected now, and that has a lot to do with it.
Feels like she has earned the respect of many of her peers with NXT women’s title reign:
Not that I was scared to like say anything, but I feel I’ve earned the respect over the last 386 days; whatever it’s been, even before I won the title, I earned that respect. I know I belong. I think I have another good run on Raw or SmackDown and I want to prove to people, and I’ve already proven, but I want to showcase myself with my girls, Toxic Attraction. That’s going to be really cool. We’ve shown so much over the last year, we run NXT, and it’s time.
(H/T and transcribed by Fightful
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