Raquel Rodriguez recently joined Ryan Satin’s Out Of Character podcast to discuss a number of different topics, including changing from being a heel in NXT to a babyface on SmackDown:
“When I came up, I didn’t really know exactly what role I was going to be put into. I didn’t know if they wanted me to be a heel or if they wanted me to be a babyface. But I was ready for whichever direction that was going to go. I told myself, ‘I’m going to go and I’m going to be over the top about it.’ I am going to give 120%. If it’s too much, then they can just tell me it’s too much and I can reel it back in a little bit. But I have been waiting for this opportunity for so long. I’ve been working my butt off for this opportunity that I didn’t want to just go in and feel like I was stuck to one certain way or one certain character or one certain personality. I wanted to be a chameleon and I wanted to show them that I am a chameleon, I can do multiple things, I have multiple talents, and I have different things in my back pocket that not everyone has seen yet. Now’s the chance to present that because they know what I can do as a heel. That’s what I was in NXT. They know what I can do as a serious person. I think this was my opportunity to show them the contrary of that and show them that I can do this as well.”
Quotes via WrestlingNews.co